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Thursday 5 November 2026

Mushrooms in Buncrana

Today, wood blewits are the best bet around Buncrana (71/100, favourable). Region: Donegal · altitude 136 m.

Buncrana is a British or Irish municipality (22 618 inhabitants), at an altitude of 136 m (region: Donegal). On Thursday 5 November 2026, conditions are favourable for: wood blewits (71/100) and hedgehog mushrooms (60/100). For wood blewits, conditions remain stable, with a maximum on Thursday 5 November 2026 (71/100). Terrain: likely trees around the municipality (Scots pine), acidic soil. Weather: 4 mm of rain fell over the last 8 days, 19 mm of rain is expected over the next 7 days, minimum temperatures range from 1 to 11 °C.

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Ceps

Unfavourable

Chanterelles

Unfavourable

Morels

Unfavourable

Hedgehog mushrooms

Favourable

Black trumpets

Possible

Funnel chanterelles

Possible

Wood blewits

Favourable

Saffron milk caps

Unlikely

Parasol mushrooms

Possible

8-day forecast

Ceps

Chanterelles

Morels

Hedgehog mushrooms

Black trumpets

Funnel chanterelles

Wood blewits

Saffron milk caps

Parasol mushrooms

Forests and soils around Buncrana

The terrain

Likely trees
Scots pine
Soil
acidic (pH 5.1), balanced
Slope
5° · north-facing

Habitat by species

Ceps57small woods — mushrooms can perfectly well grow there, over small areas
Chanterelles77small woods — mushrooms can perfectly well grow there, over small areas
Morels42small woods — mushrooms can perfectly well grow there, over small areas
Hedgehog mushrooms59small woods — mushrooms can perfectly well grow there, over small areas
Black trumpets38small woods — mushrooms can perfectly well grow there, over small areas
Funnel chanterelles54small woods — mushrooms can perfectly well grow there, over small areas
Wood blewits75small woods — mushrooms can perfectly well grow there, over small areas
Saffron milk caps58small woods — mushrooms can perfectly well grow there, over small areas
Parasol mushrooms90small woods — mushrooms can perfectly well grow there, over small areas

Recent and forecast weather

DayMinMaxRainAir humiditySoil moisture
Thu 29 10 °C13 °C 0.0 mm84 %40 %
Fri 30 11 °C15 °C 0.0 mm82 %38 %
Sat 31 9 °C13 °C 3.8 mm92 %38 %
Sun 1 4 °C11 °C 0.1 mm90 %38 %
Mon 2 4 °C11 °C 0.0 mm93 %38 %
Tue 3 1 °C10 °C 0.0 mm96 %37 %
Wed 4 4 °C10 °C 0.0 mm86 %36 %
Thu 5 forecast 6 °C10 °C 0.0 mm89 %36 %
Fri 6 forecast 7 °C10 °C 0.2 mm88 %36 %
Sat 7 forecast 5 °C9 °C 3.0 mm96 %38 %
Sun 8 forecast 2 °C9 °C 0.0 mm97 %37 %
Mon 9 forecast 3 °C8 °C 0.9 mm95 %36 %
Tue 10 forecast 7 °C9 °C 10.7 mm92 %36 %
Wed 11 forecast 8 °C10 °C 4.5 mm88 %35 %
Thu 12 forecast 8 °C10 °C 0.0 mm85 %35 %

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

Going further

Mushrooms in Donegal · All regions · Ranking of regions · How the score is calculated