Thursday 5 November 2026

Mushrooms in Bantry-West Cork

Today, wood blewits are the best bet around Bantry-West Cork (78/100, very favourable). Region: Cork · altitude 102 m.

Bantry-West Cork is a British or Irish municipality (24 030 inhabitants), at an altitude of 102 m (region: Cork). On Thursday 5 November 2026, conditions are favourable for: wood blewits (78/100) and parasol mushrooms (69/100). For wood blewits, conditions deteriorate over the next 8 days. Terrain: slightly acidic soil. Weather: 4 mm of rain fell over the last 8 days, 29 mm of rain is expected over the next 7 days, minimum temperatures range from 2 to 13 °C.

Open on the map

17/ 100

Ceps

Unlikely

9/ 100

Chanterelles

Unfavourable

0/ 100

Morels

Unfavourable

52/ 100

Hedgehog mushrooms

Possible

38/ 100

Black trumpets

Possible

12/ 100

Funnel chanterelles

Unfavourable

78/ 100

Wood blewits

Very favourable

31/ 100

Saffron milk caps

Unlikely

69/ 100

Parasol mushrooms

Favourable

8-day forecast

Ceps

17Thu 5

14Fri 6

11Sat 7

9Sun 8

8Mon 9

8Tue 10

8Wed 11

7Thu 12

Chanterelles

9Thu 5

7Fri 6

5Sat 7

4Sun 8

4Mon 9

4Tue 10

4Wed 11

3Thu 12

Morels

0Thu 5

0Fri 6

0Sat 7

0Sun 8

0Mon 9

0Tue 10

0Wed 11

0Thu 12

Hedgehog mushrooms

52Thu 5

49Fri 6

47Sat 7

46Sun 8

46Mon 9

45Tue 10

46Wed 11

47Thu 12

Black trumpets

38Thu 5

25Fri 6

25Sat 7

10Sun 8

8Mon 9

6Tue 10

6Wed 11

9Thu 12

Funnel chanterelles

12Thu 5

7Fri 6

7Sat 7

3Sun 8

2Mon 9

2Tue 10

2Wed 11

2Thu 12

Wood blewits

78Thu 5

59Fri 6

51Sat 7

35Sun 8

25Mon 9

22Tue 10

25Wed 11

30Thu 12

Saffron milk caps

31Thu 5

28Fri 6

26Sat 7

23Sun 8

22Mon 9

20Tue 10

20Wed 11

19Thu 12

Parasol mushrooms

69Thu 5

60Fri 6

51Sat 7

46Sun 8

45Mon 9

44Tue 10

46Wed 11

48Thu 12

Forests and soils around Bantry-West Cork

The terrain

Soil: slightly acidic (pH 5.9), balanced
Slope: 4° · north-facing

Habitat by species

Ceps	23	small woods — mushrooms can perfectly well grow there, over small areas
Chanterelles	24	small woods — mushrooms can perfectly well grow there, over small areas
Morels	36	small woods — mushrooms can perfectly well grow there, over small areas
Hedgehog mushrooms	23	small woods — mushrooms can perfectly well grow there, over small areas
Black trumpets	17	small woods — mushrooms can perfectly well grow there, over small areas
Funnel chanterelles	7	small woods — mushrooms can perfectly well grow there, over small areas
Wood blewits	66	small woods — mushrooms can perfectly well grow there, over small areas
Saffron milk caps	25	small woods — mushrooms can perfectly well grow there, over small areas
Parasol mushrooms	85	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	12 °C	14 °C	0.0 mm	89 %	28 %
Fri 30	13 °C	14 °C	2.8 mm	99 %	27 %
Sat 31	10 °C	14 °C	0.1 mm	93 %	26 %
Sun 1	6 °C	12 °C	0.0 mm	82 %	25 %
Mon 2	6 °C	12 °C	0.0 mm	83 %	24 %
Tue 3	6 °C	12 °C	0.0 mm	82 %	23 %
Wed 4	7 °C	10 °C	0.6 mm	83 %	22 %
Thu 5 forecast	7 °C	10 °C	0.0 mm	81 %	21 %
Fri 6 forecast	4 °C	11 °C	0.4 mm	90 %	22 %
Sat 7 forecast	4 °C	11 °C	0.0 mm	90 %	22 %
Sun 8 forecast	2 °C	10 °C	0.4 mm	92 %	22 %
Mon 9 forecast	10 °C	12 °C	6.9 mm	93 %	22 %
Tue 10 forecast	12 °C	14 °C	11.9 mm	97 %	23 %
Wed 11 forecast	12 °C	14 °C	1.8 mm	96 %	28 %
Thu 12 forecast	11 °C	13 °C	7.8 mm	97 %	28 %

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

Going further

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