Thursday 5 November 2026

Mushrooms in Saint-Étienne-Vallée-Française

Today, wood blewits are the best bet around Saint-Étienne-Vallée-Française (99/100, very favourable). Département: Lozère · altitude 411 m.

Saint-Étienne-Vallée-Française is a municipality (493 inhabitants), at an altitude of 411 m (département: Lozère, 48). On Thursday 5 November 2026, conditions are favourable for: wood blewits (99/100), saffron milk caps (85/100), hedgehog mushrooms (83/100), parasol mushrooms (76/100), black trumpets (75/100) and ceps (55/100). For wood blewits, conditions remain stable, with a maximum on Thursday 5 November 2026 (99/100). Terrain: likely trees around the municipality (sweet chestnut, maritime pine and Scots pine), slightly acidic soil. Weather: 53 mm of rain fell over the last 8 days, 202 mm of rain is expected over the next 7 days, minimum temperatures range from 0 to 12 °C.

Open on the map

55/ 100

Ceps

Favourable

21/ 100

Chanterelles

Unlikely

0/ 100

Morels

Unfavourable

83/ 100

Hedgehog mushrooms

Very favourable

75/ 100

Black trumpets

Very favourable

45/ 100

Funnel chanterelles

Possible

99/ 100

Wood blewits

Very favourable

85/ 100

Saffron milk caps

Very favourable

76/ 100

Parasol mushrooms

Very favourable

8-day forecast

Ceps

55Thu 5

50Fri 6

45Sat 7

41Sun 8

42Mon 9

44Tue 10

46Wed 11

43Thu 12

Chanterelles

21Thu 5

19Fri 6

16Sat 7

14Sun 8

15Mon 9

17Tue 10

19Wed 11

19Thu 12

Morels

0Thu 5

0Fri 6

0Sat 7

0Sun 8

0Mon 9

0Tue 10

0Wed 11

0Thu 12

Hedgehog mushrooms

83Thu 5

83Fri 6

82Sat 7

79Sun 8

83Mon 9

83Tue 10

83Wed 11

83Thu 12

Black trumpets

75Thu 5

75Fri 6

75Sat 7

75Sun 8

75Mon 9

75Tue 10

75Wed 11

75Thu 12

Funnel chanterelles

45Thu 5

44Fri 6

43Sat 7

41Sun 8

43Mon 9

46Tue 10

49Wed 11

51Thu 12

Wood blewits

99Thu 5

99Fri 6

99Sat 7

99Sun 8

99Mon 9

99Tue 10

99Wed 11

99Thu 12

Saffron milk caps

85Thu 5

85Fri 6

84Sat 7

81Sun 8

81Mon 9

78Tue 10

75Wed 11

73Thu 12

Parasol mushrooms

76Thu 5

73Fri 6

68Sat 7

65Sun 8

70Mon 9

77Tue 10

85Wed 11

84Thu 12

Forests and soils around Saint-Étienne-Vallée-Française

The terrain

Likely trees: sweet chestnut, maritime pine, Scots pine
Soil: slightly acidic (pH 6.4), balanced
Slope: 23° · north-facing

Habitat by species

Ceps	92	large forest of suitable host trees: downy oak, Scots pine, maritime pine
Chanterelles	62	large forest of suitable host trees: Scots pine, maritime pine, sweet chestnut
Morels	69	large forest of suitable host trees
Hedgehog mushrooms	96	large forest of suitable host trees: Scots pine
Black trumpets	82	large forest of suitable host trees: downy oak, sweet chestnut
Funnel chanterelles	27	large forest of suitable host trees: Scots pine
Wood blewits	100	large forest of suitable host trees: Scots pine, sweet chestnut
Saffron milk caps	100	large forest of suitable host trees: Scots pine, black pine, maritime pine
Parasol mushrooms	100	large forest of suitable host trees

Recent and forecast weather

Day	Min	Max	Rain	Air humidity	Soil moisture
Thu 29	3 °C	17 °C	0.0 mm	75 %	16 %
Fri 30	5 °C	17 °C	0.0 mm	87 %	16 %
Sat 31	5 °C	16 °C	0.0 mm	86 %	15 %
Sun 1	3 °C	17 °C	0.0 mm	67 %	14 %
Mon 2	0 °C	13 °C	0.0 mm	66 %	11 %
Tue 3	-0 °C	13 °C	0.0 mm	80 %	11 %
Wed 4	2 °C	8 °C	12.6 mm	90 %	23 %
Thu 5 forecast	7 °C	11 °C	40.8 mm	96 %	35 %
Fri 6 forecast	3 °C	13 °C	4.3 mm	91 %	31 %
Sat 7 forecast	2 °C	12 °C	0.0 mm	90 %	36 %
Sun 8 forecast	3 °C	10 °C	4.5 mm	95 %	36 %
Mon 9 forecast	10 °C	13 °C	41.0 mm	96 %	39 %
Tue 10 forecast	11 °C	12 °C	40.2 mm	92 %	33 %
Wed 11 forecast	12 °C	15 °C	78.2 mm	95 %	36 %
Thu 12 forecast	12 °C	15 °C	33.8 mm	99 %	43 %

Temperatures corrected for the altitude of the municipality. Source: Open-Meteo.

Going further

Mushrooms in Lozère · All départements · Ranking of départements · How the score is calculated

Neighbouring municipalities

Le Collet-de-Dèze · Saint-Germain-de-Calberte · Sainte-Croix-Vallée-Française · Saint-Privat-de-Vallongue · Saint-Michel-de-Dèze · Moissac-Vallée-Française · Saint-Martin-de-Boubaux · Saint-Martin-de-Lansuscle