Skip to content
Sporalo
English
Thursday 5 November 2026

Where to look for mushrooms today?

Ceps, chanterelles, morels, black trumpets, wood blewits and more: growing conditions in the 7 896 municipalities of Italy, recalculated every morning.

?Photo Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0
Today

Best regions today

Ceps

  1. Liguria 53
  2. Calabria 50
  3. Campania 43
  4. Lazio 36
  5. Toscana 35

Chanterelles

  1. Calabria 36
  2. Campania 29
  3. Liguria 29
  4. Sicilia 23
  5. Lazio 23

Morels

Out of season at the moment.

Hedgehog mushrooms

  1. Liguria 84
  2. Toscana 58
  3. Calabria 57
  4. Campania 55
  5. Piemonte 55

Black trumpets

  1. Liguria 60
  2. Friuli-Venezia Giulia 50
  3. Piemonte 48
  4. Campania 48
  5. Lombardia 43

Funnel chanterelles

  1. Liguria 27
  2. Friuli-Venezia Giulia 20
  3. Piemonte 17
  4. Calabria 17
  5. Lombardia 16

Wood blewits

  1. Liguria 69
  2. Campania 62
  3. Friuli-Venezia Giulia 62
  4. Piemonte 57
  5. Molise 56

Saffron milk caps

  1. Liguria 82
  2. Toscana 53
  3. Campania 50
  4. Basilicata 49
  5. Calabria 49

Parasol mushrooms

  1. Liguria 88
  2. Calabria 86
  3. Basilicata 82
  4. Campania 80
  5. Lazio 75
Guide

Sporalo's nine species

Two Bordeaux ceps with brown caps and pale swollen stems, in woodland undergrowth

Ceps

Boletus edulis s. l.
 Three egg-yellow chanterelles growing in green moss

Chanterelles

Cantharellus cibarius s. l.
 Blond morel with an ochre honeycombed cap, among spring grasses

Morels

Morchella spp.
 Hedgehog mushrooms with cream caps among dead leaves

Hedgehog mushrooms

Hydnum repandum & rufescens
 Grey-black funnel-shaped black trumpets in golden dead leaves

Black trumpets

Craterellus cornucopioides & cinereus
 Funnel chanterelles with brown caps and yellow stems

Funnel chanterelles

Craterellus tubaeformis
 Wood blewits with lilac caps in the litter

Wood blewits

Lepista nuda
 Orange saffron milk caps under pines

Saffron milk caps

Lactarius deliciosus s. l.
 Two parasol mushrooms in tall grass, a young one with a closed cap and an adult one spread like a parasol on a long banded stem

Parasol mushrooms

Macrolepiota procera
Transparency

How it is calculated

Temperature, rain over the last two weeks, soil moisture, season, host trees, pH and aspect: each factor, its weight and the 29 scientific publications it rests on.

Method & sources The 20 regions

  • 100% open data: Open-Meteo, ISTAT, JRC, ESA WorldCover, OpenLandMap, Copernicus
  • Calculated daily for every municipality, 8-day forecast
  • Free, no advertising, no account, no tracking

Frequently asked questions

Where to look for mushrooms today in Italy?

The daily ranking, updated every morning, lists for each species the regions where growing conditions are most favourable: sporalo.com/en/it/classement. The map then details the score of each of the 7 896 municipalities.

Which species does Sporalo follow?

Nine highly sought-after species: ceps, chanterelles, morels, hedgehog mushrooms, black trumpets, funnel chanterelles, wood blewits, saffron milk caps and parasol mushrooms. Each has its own page with identification, look-alikes, habitat and season.

How is the growth score calculated?

The score (0 to 100) combines the municipality's recent weather (temperature, rain over the past weeks, soil moisture, frost), the time of year and the altitude, then the habitat around the municipality (forests, host tree species, soil, aspect, land cover). Each factor limits the others: a single very unfavourable factor is enough to make the score drop. The Method page details the principles and the sources.

Is the score reliable?

The model was compared with real foraging observations (GBIF data) and with the weather of control days: across 5 973 observations, the day the species was found scores higher than an ordinary day in 73% of cases (chance would give 50%). It is an indicator of favourable conditions, not a guarantee of finding mushrooms.

When is the data updated?

Every morning, from Open-Meteo observations and forecasts. Forecasts cover 8 days; the calculation date is shown on every page.

Can Sporalo help me identify a mushroom?

No. Sporalo shows where and when conditions are favourable, not what a mushroom is. Never eat a mushroom without certain identification: if in doubt, show your harvest to a pharmacist or a mycological society; if you have symptoms, call 112 or a poison centre (Centro Antiveleni, for example Niguarda in Milan: 02 6610 1029).

Is Sporalo free?

Yes: free, with no advertising, no account and no tracking. The data used is open.