Thursday 5 November 2026

Mushrooms in Saint-Jean-de-la-Motte

Today, saffron milk caps are the best bet around Saint-Jean-de-la-Motte (76/100, very favourable). Département: Sarthe · altitude 86 m.

Saint-Jean-de-la-Motte is a municipality (955 inhabitants), at an altitude of 86 m (département: Sarthe, 72). On Thursday 5 November 2026, conditions are favourable for: saffron milk caps (76/100), parasol mushrooms (66/100), hedgehog mushrooms (64/100), wood blewits (58/100) and black trumpets (56/100). For saffron milk caps, conditions deteriorate over the next 8 days. Terrain: likely trees around the municipality (maritime pine), slightly acidic soil. Weather: 1 mm of rain fell over the last 8 days, 11 mm of rain is expected over the next 7 days, minimum temperatures range from 2 to 14 °C.

Open on the map

49/ 100

Ceps

Possible

20/ 100

Chanterelles

Unlikely

0/ 100

Morels

Unfavourable

64/ 100

Hedgehog mushrooms

Favourable

56/ 100

Black trumpets

Favourable

22/ 100

Funnel chanterelles

Unlikely

58/ 100

Wood blewits

Favourable

76/ 100

Saffron milk caps

Very favourable

66/ 100

Parasol mushrooms

Favourable

8-day forecast

Ceps

49Thu 5

44Fri 6

41Sat 7

34Sun 8

33Mon 9

36Tue 10

37Wed 11

36Thu 12

Chanterelles

20Thu 5

18Fri 6

16Sat 7

12Sun 8

12Mon 9

15Tue 10

16Wed 11

16Thu 12

Morels

0Thu 5

0Fri 6

0Sat 7

0Sun 8

0Mon 9

0Tue 10

0Wed 11

0Thu 12

Hedgehog mushrooms

64Thu 5

64Fri 6

64Sat 7

61Sun 8

62Mon 9

64Tue 10

64Wed 11

64Thu 12

Black trumpets

56Thu 5

54Fri 6

53Sat 7

52Sun 8

51Mon 9

50Tue 10

51Wed 11

54Thu 12

Funnel chanterelles

22Thu 5

20Fri 6

19Sat 7

18Sun 8

18Mon 9

19Tue 10

21Wed 11

24Thu 12

Wood blewits

58Thu 5

56Fri 6

55Sat 7

54Sun 8

53Mon 9

52Tue 10

54Wed 11

56Thu 12

Saffron milk caps

76Thu 5

74Fri 6

71Sat 7

66Sun 8

64Mon 9

62Tue 10

61Wed 11

59Thu 12

Parasol mushrooms

66Thu 5

63Fri 6

61Sat 7

56Sun 8

58Mon 9

65Tue 10

68Wed 11

66Thu 12

Forests and soils around Saint-Jean-de-la-Motte

The terrain

Likely trees: maritime pine
Soil: slightly acidic (pH 6.1), balanced
Slope: 15°

Habitat by species

Ceps	66	fine forest nearby with suitable host trees: maritime pine, Scots pine, pedunculate oak
Chanterelles	46	fine forest nearby with suitable host trees: maritime pine, sweet chestnut, Scots pine
Morels	44	fine forest nearby with suitable host trees
Hedgehog mushrooms	44	forest nearby, partly suitable tree species
Black trumpets	53	fine forest nearby with suitable host trees: sweet chestnut, pedunculate oak
Funnel chanterelles	17	fine forest nearby with suitable host trees: Scots pine, birch
Wood blewits	56	fine forest nearby with suitable host trees: sweet chestnut, Scots pine, pedunculate oak
Saffron milk caps	63	fine forest nearby with suitable host trees: black pine, maritime pine, Scots pine
Parasol mushrooms	65	fine forest nearby with suitable host trees

Recent and forecast weather

Day	Min	Max	Rain	Air humidity	Soil moisture
Thu 29	5 °C	15 °C	0.0 mm	80 %	21 %
Fri 30	5 °C	15 °C	0.0 mm	81 %	20 %
Sat 31	5 °C	15 °C	0.0 mm	80 %	19 %
Sun 1	6 °C	15 °C	0.0 mm	78 %	17 %
Mon 2	5 °C	13 °C	0.2 mm	82 %	17 %
Tue 3	6 °C	10 °C	0.2 mm	80 %	16 %
Wed 4	5 °C	11 °C	0.0 mm	70 %	16 %
Thu 5 forecast	4 °C	11 °C	0.3 mm	82 %	17 %
Fri 6 forecast	2 °C	12 °C	0.0 mm	93 %	17 %
Sat 7 forecast	4 °C	12 °C	0.0 mm	91 %	16 %
Sun 8 forecast	3 °C	7 °C	0.0 mm	94 %	16 %
Mon 9 forecast	5 °C	16 °C	1.0 mm	83 %	16 %
Tue 10 forecast	14 °C	19 °C	6.5 mm	84 %	22 %
Wed 11 forecast	12 °C	16 °C	0.0 mm	92 %	21 %
Thu 12 forecast	12 °C	16 °C	3.3 mm	96 %	38 %

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

Going further

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

Neighbouring municipalities

La Flèche · Laigné-Saint-Gervais · Le Lude · Cérans-Foulletourte · Malicorne-sur-Sarthe · Mézeray · Yvré-le-Pôlin · Pontvallain