Thursday 5 November 2026

Mushrooms in Essay

Today, wood blewits have the best chances around Essay (64/100, favourable). Département : Orne · altitude 155 m.

Essay is a municipality (556 inhabitants), at an altitude of 155 m (département: Orne, 61). On Thursday 5 November 2026, conditions are favourable for: wood blewits (64/100) and parasol mushrooms (58/100). For wood blewits, conditions deteriorate over the next 8 days. Terrain: likely trees around the municipality (sessile oak), slightly acidic soil. Weather: 0 mm of rain fell over the last 8 days, 12 mm of rain are expected over the next 7 days, minimum temperatures range from -1 to 13 °C.

Open on the map

26/ 100

Ceps

Unlikely

7/ 100

Chanterelles

Unfavourable

0/ 100

Morels

Unfavourable

53/ 100

Hedgehog mushrooms

Possible

52/ 100

Black trumpets

Possible

5/ 100

Funnel chanterelles

Unfavourable

64/ 100

Wood blewits

Favourable

21/ 100

Saffron milk caps

Unlikely

58/ 100

Parasol mushrooms

Favourable

8-day forecast

Ceps

26Thu 5

20Fri 6

18Sat 7

15Sun 8

14Mon 9

16Tue 10

16Wed 11

16Thu 12

Chanterelles

7Thu 5

5Fri 6

4Sat 7

2Sun 8

3Mon 9

4Tue 10

5Wed 11

5Thu 12

Morels

0Thu 5

0Fri 6

0Sat 7

0Sun 8

0Mon 9

0Tue 10

0Wed 11

0Thu 12

Hedgehog mushrooms

53Thu 5

43Fri 6

41Sat 7

39Sun 8

40Mon 9

45Tue 10

45Wed 11

45Thu 12

Black trumpets

52Thu 5

44Fri 6

43Sat 7

42Sun 8

42Mon 9

41Tue 10

41Wed 11

41Thu 12

Funnel chanterelles

5Thu 5

5Fri 6

4Sat 7

4Sun 8

4Mon 9

4Tue 10

4Wed 11

4Thu 12

Wood blewits

64Thu 5

62Fri 6

61Sat 7

49Sun 8

49Mon 9

50Tue 10

50Wed 11

50Thu 12

Saffron milk caps

21Thu 5

16Fri 6

16Sat 7

14Sun 8

14Mon 9

14Tue 10

14Wed 11

13Thu 12

Parasol mushrooms

58Thu 5

47Fri 6

43Sat 7

38Sun 8

39Mon 9

44Tue 10

48Wed 11

50Thu 12

Forests and soils around Essay

The terrain

Likely trees: sessile oak
Soil: slightly acidic (pH 6.4), équilibrée
Slope: 2° · adret

Habitat by species

Ceps	28	small woods — mushrooms can perfectly well grow there, over small areas
Chanterelles	16	small woods — mushrooms can perfectly well grow there, over small areas
Morels	41	small woods — mushrooms can perfectly well grow there, over small areas
Hedgehog mushrooms	28	small woods — mushrooms can perfectly well grow there, over small areas
Black trumpets	32	small woods — mushrooms can perfectly well grow there, over small areas
Funnel chanterelles	2	small woods — mushrooms can perfectly well grow there, over small areas
Wood blewits	43	small woods — mushrooms can perfectly well grow there, over small areas
Saffron milk caps	13	small woods — mushrooms can perfectly well grow there, over small areas
Parasol mushrooms	53	small woods — mushrooms can perfectly well grow there, over small areas

Recent and forecast weather

Day	Min	Max	Rain	Air humidity	Soil moisture
Thu 29	3 °C	14 °C	0.0 mm	84 %	32 %
Fri 30	4 °C	14 °C	0.0 mm	82 %	30 %
Sat 31	5 °C	14 °C	0.0 mm	83 %	29 %
Sun 1	3 °C	13 °C	0.0 mm	83 %	27 %
Mon 2	4 °C	11 °C	0.2 mm	88 %	27 %
Tue 3	5 °C	9 °C	0.0 mm	83 %	26 %
Wed 4	4 °C	9 °C	0.0 mm	74 %	26 %
Thu 5 forecast	4 °C	10 °C	0.1 mm	84 %	26 %
Fri 6 forecast	-1 °C	12 °C	0.0 mm	92 %	26 %
Sat 7 forecast	3 °C	10 °C	0.0 mm	95 %	26 %
Sun 8 forecast	2 °C	7 °C	0.0 mm	97 %	26 %
Mon 9 forecast	4 °C	14 °C	2.6 mm	84 %	26 %
Tue 10 forecast	13 °C	17 °C	7.4 mm	88 %	29 %
Wed 11 forecast	11 °C	16 °C	0.0 mm	92 %	29 %
Thu 12 forecast	11 °C	15 °C	2.4 mm	95 %	35 %

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

Going further

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

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