Thursday 5 November 2026

Mushrooms in Les Houches

Today, wood blewits are the best bet around Les Houches (78/100, very favourable). Département: Haute-Savoie · altitude 996 m.

Les Houches is a municipality (3 515 inhabitants), at an altitude of 996 m (département: Haute-Savoie, 74). On Thursday 5 November 2026, conditions are favourable for: wood blewits (78/100), hedgehog mushrooms (75/100), black trumpets (70/100) and funnel chanterelles (56/100). For wood blewits, conditions are improving, with a peak expected on Tuesday 10 November 2026 (94/100). Terrain: likely trees around the municipality (Norway spruce and birch), slightly acidic soil. Weather: 1 mm of rain fell over the last 8 days, 25 mm of rain is expected over the next 7 days, minimum temperatures range from -1 to 10 °C.

Open on the map

21/ 100

Ceps

Unlikely

6/ 100

Chanterelles

Unfavourable

0/ 100

Morels

Unfavourable

75/ 100

Hedgehog mushrooms

Very favourable

70/ 100

Black trumpets

Favourable

56/ 100

Funnel chanterelles

Favourable

78/ 100

Wood blewits

Very favourable

53/ 100

Saffron milk caps

Possible

46/ 100

Parasol mushrooms

Possible

8-day forecast

Ceps

21Thu 5

17Fri 6

17Sat 7

15Sun 8

15Mon 9

16Tue 10

15Wed 11

12Thu 12

Chanterelles

6Thu 5

4Fri 6

0Sat 7

0Sun 8

4Mon 9

6Tue 10

6Wed 11

5Thu 12

Morels

0Thu 5

0Fri 6

0Sat 7

0Sun 8

0Mon 9

0Tue 10

0Wed 11

0Thu 12

Hedgehog mushrooms

75Thu 5

72Fri 6

80Sat 7

80Sun 8

88Mon 9

97Tue 10

100Wed 11

100Thu 12

Black trumpets

70Thu 5

70Fri 6

81Sat 7

81Sun 8

82Mon 9

82Tue 10

82Wed 11

82Thu 12

Funnel chanterelles

56Thu 5

52Fri 6

58Sat 7

58Sun 8

64Mon 9

71Tue 10

76Wed 11

78Thu 12

Wood blewits

78Thu 5

75Fri 6

85Sat 7

85Sun 8

91Mon 9

94Tue 10

94Wed 11

94Thu 12

Saffron milk caps

53Thu 5

49Fri 6

53Sat 7

50Sun 8

51Mon 9

51Tue 10

49Wed 11

46Thu 12

Parasol mushrooms

46Thu 5

40Fri 6

41Sat 7

39Sun 8

45Mon 9

51Tue 10

54Wed 11

53Thu 12

Forests and soils around Les Houches

The terrain

Likely trees: Norway spruce, birch
Soil: slightly acidic (pH 6.0), balanced
Slope: 5° · north-facing

Habitat by species

Ceps	100	large forest of suitable host trees: Norway spruce, silver fir, beech
Chanterelles	88	large forest of suitable host trees: Norway spruce, birch, beech
Morels	45	large forest of suitable host trees
Hedgehog mushrooms	100	large forest of suitable host trees: Norway spruce, silver fir, beech
Black trumpets	72	large forest of suitable host trees: beech
Funnel chanterelles	84	large forest of suitable host trees: Norway spruce, silver fir, birch
Wood blewits	80	large forest of suitable host trees: Norway spruce, silver fir, beech
Saffron milk caps	100	large forest of suitable host trees: Norway spruce, silver fir
Parasol mushrooms	85	large forest of suitable host trees

Recent and forecast weather

Day	Min	Max	Rain	Air humidity	Soil moisture
Thu 29	6 °C	10 °C	0.0 mm	86 %	26 %
Fri 30	4 °C	10 °C	0.0 mm	87 %	26 %
Sat 31	4 °C	9 °C	0.0 mm	88 %	26 %
Sun 1	0 °C	9 °C	0.0 mm	80 %	26 %
Mon 2	-1 °C	5 °C	0.0 mm	85 %	26 %
Tue 3	1 °C	7 °C	0.0 mm	82 %	25 %
Wed 4	1 °C	7 °C	0.0 mm	86 %	25 %
Thu 5 forecast	2 °C	12 °C	1.1 mm	78 %	26 %
Fri 6 forecast	4 °C	7 °C	13.1 mm	92 %	27 %
Sat 7 forecast	2 °C	9 °C	0.4 mm	90 %	29 %
Sun 8 forecast	2 °C	10 °C	0.0 mm	71 %	27 %
Mon 9 forecast	7 °C	12 °C	0.0 mm	78 %	27 %
Tue 10 forecast	10 °C	17 °C	0.9 mm	66 %	30 %
Wed 11 forecast	9 °C	15 °C	0.1 mm	66 %	30 %
Thu 12 forecast	6 °C	17 °C	10.3 mm	80 %	48 %

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

Going further

Mushrooms in Haute-Savoie · All départements · Ranking of départements · How the score is calculated

Neighbouring municipalities

Passy · Chamonix-Mont-Blanc · Saint-Gervais-les-Bains · Magland · Domancy · Servoz · Les Contamines-Montjoie