Thursday 5 November 2026

Mushrooms in Zafferana Etnea

Today, wood blewits are the best bet around Zafferana Etnea (88/100, very favourable). Region: Sicilia · altitude 1455 m.

Zafferana Etnea is a Italian municipality (9 449 inhabitants), at an altitude of 1455 m (region: Sicilia). On Thursday 5 November 2026, conditions are favourable for: wood blewits (88/100), parasol mushrooms (77/100), black trumpets (63/100) and hedgehog mushrooms (58/100). For wood blewits, conditions remain stable, with a maximum on Thursday 5 November 2026 (88/100). Terrain: slightly acidic soil. Weather: 33 mm of rain fell over the last 8 days, 2 mm of rain is expected over the next 7 days, minimum temperatures range from 4 to 8 °C.

Open on the map

38/ 100

Ceps

Possible

13/ 100

Chanterelles

Unfavourable

0/ 100

Morels

Unfavourable

58/ 100

Hedgehog mushrooms

Favourable

63/ 100

Black trumpets

Favourable

9/ 100

Funnel chanterelles

Unfavourable

88/ 100

Wood blewits

Very favourable

53/ 100

Saffron milk caps

Possible

77/ 100

Parasol mushrooms

Very favourable

8-day forecast

Ceps

38Thu 5

35Fri 6

35Sat 7

33Sun 8

33Mon 9

31Tue 10

30Wed 11

28Thu 12

Chanterelles

13Thu 5

12Fri 6

12Sat 7

12Sun 8

12Mon 9

11Tue 10

11Wed 11

11Thu 12

Morels

0Thu 5

0Fri 6

0Sat 7

0Sun 8

0Mon 9

0Tue 10

0Wed 11

0Thu 12

Hedgehog mushrooms

58Thu 5

58Fri 6

58Sat 7

58Sun 8

58Mon 9

58Tue 10

58Wed 11

58Thu 12

Black trumpets

63Thu 5

63Fri 6

63Sat 7

63Sun 8

63Mon 9

63Tue 10

63Wed 11

63Thu 12

Funnel chanterelles

9Thu 5

9Fri 6

10Sat 7

10Sun 8

10Mon 9

10Tue 10

10Wed 11

10Thu 12

Wood blewits

88Thu 5

88Fri 6

88Sat 7

88Sun 8

88Mon 9

88Tue 10

88Wed 11

88Thu 12

Saffron milk caps

53Thu 5

52Fri 6

51Sat 7

49Sun 8

47Mon 9

45Tue 10

44Wed 11

42Thu 12

Parasol mushrooms

77Thu 5

78Fri 6

80Sat 7

81Sun 8

84Mon 9

81Tue 10

80Wed 11

81Thu 12

Forests and soils around Zafferana Etnea

The terrain

Soil: slightly acidic (pH 6.3), balanced
Slope: 22°

Habitat by species

Ceps	53	fine forest nearby with suitable host trees: downy oak, maritime pine
Chanterelles	28	fine forest nearby with suitable host trees: sweet chestnut, maritime pine
Morels	46	fine forest nearby with suitable host trees
Hedgehog mushrooms	36	forest nearby, partly suitable tree species
Black trumpets	43	forest nearby, partly suitable tree species
Funnel chanterelles	7	forest nearby, partly suitable tree species
Wood blewits	83	forest nearby, partly suitable tree species
Saffron milk caps	30	fine forest nearby with suitable host trees: maritime pine
Parasol mushrooms	94	fine forest nearby with suitable host trees

Recent and forecast weather

Day	Min	Max	Rain	Air humidity	Soil moisture
Thu 29	6 °C	11 °C	0.0 mm	58 %	27 %
Fri 30	5 °C	10 °C	0.3 mm	72 %	28 %
Sat 31	6 °C	9 °C	8.0 mm	80 %	32 %
Sun 1	5 °C	11 °C	1.9 mm	77 %	35 %
Mon 2	4 °C	10 °C	18.1 mm	74 %	38 %
Tue 3	6 °C	10 °C	1.7 mm	88 %	37 %
Wed 4	6 °C	11 °C	0.0 mm	74 %	34 %
Thu 5 forecast	6 °C	9 °C	2.8 mm	95 %	35 %
Fri 6 forecast	7 °C	9 °C	0.2 mm	93 %	34 %
Sat 7 forecast	7 °C	11 °C	1.1 mm	76 %	34 %
Sun 8 forecast	6 °C	11 °C	0.0 mm	72 %	33 %
Mon 9 forecast	7 °C	11 °C	0.0 mm	78 %	32 %
Tue 10 forecast	6 °C	13 °C	0.0 mm	69 %	25 %
Wed 11 forecast	8 °C	12 °C	0.3 mm	82 %	24 %
Thu 12 forecast	8 °C	13 °C	0.0 mm	78 %	37 %

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

Going further

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