Thursday 5 November 2026

Mushrooms in Letterkenny

Today, wood blewits are the best bet around Letterkenny (83/100, very favourable). Region: Donegal · altitude 215 m.

Letterkenny is a British or Irish municipality (32 266 inhabitants), at an altitude of 215 m (region: Donegal). On Thursday 5 November 2026, conditions are favourable for: wood blewits (83/100), hedgehog mushrooms (63/100) and black trumpets (58/100). For wood blewits, conditions deteriorate over the next 8 days. Terrain: acidic soil. Weather: 3 mm of rain fell over the last 8 days, 17 mm of rain is expected over the next 7 days, minimum temperatures range from 2 to 10 °C.

Open on the map

7/ 100

Ceps

Unfavourable

3/ 100

Chanterelles

Unfavourable

0/ 100

Morels

Unfavourable

63/ 100

Hedgehog mushrooms

Favourable

58/ 100

Black trumpets

Favourable

47/ 100

Funnel chanterelles

Possible

83/ 100

Wood blewits

Very favourable

24/ 100

Saffron milk caps

Unlikely

42/ 100

Parasol mushrooms

Possible

8-day forecast

Ceps

7Thu 5

5Fri 6

3Sat 7

2Sun 8

1Mon 9

0Tue 10

0Wed 11

0Thu 12

Chanterelles

3Thu 5

2Fri 6

1Sat 7

0Sun 8

0Mon 9

0Tue 10

0Wed 11

0Thu 12

Morels

0Thu 5

0Fri 6

0Sat 7

0Sun 8

0Mon 9

0Tue 10

0Wed 11

0Thu 12

Hedgehog mushrooms

63Thu 5

60Fri 6

56Sat 7

53Sun 8

51Mon 9

51Tue 10

50Wed 11

50Thu 12

Black trumpets

58Thu 5

58Fri 6

38Sat 7

26Sun 8

25Mon 9

23Tue 10

20Wed 11

18Thu 12

Funnel chanterelles

47Thu 5

44Fri 6

27Sat 7

15Sun 8

12Mon 9

12Tue 10

11Wed 11

10Thu 12

Wood blewits

83Thu 5

83Fri 6

53Sat 7

42Sun 8

40Mon 9

39Tue 10

38Wed 11

38Thu 12

Saffron milk caps

24Thu 5

21Fri 6

18Sat 7

16Sun 8

14Mon 9

13Tue 10

12Wed 11

10Thu 12

Parasol mushrooms

42Thu 5

35Fri 6

31Sat 7

26Sun 8

23Mon 9

23Tue 10

22Wed 11

21Thu 12

Forests and soils around Letterkenny

The terrain

Soil: acidic (pH 5.2), balanced
Slope: 6° · south-facing

Habitat by species

Ceps	51	small woods — mushrooms can perfectly well grow there, over small areas
Chanterelles	65	small woods — mushrooms can perfectly well grow there, over small areas
Morels	41	small woods — mushrooms can perfectly well grow there, over small areas
Hedgehog mushrooms	46	small woods — mushrooms can perfectly well grow there, over small areas
Black trumpets	35	small woods — mushrooms can perfectly well grow there, over small areas
Funnel chanterelles	36	small woods — mushrooms can perfectly well grow there, over small areas
Wood blewits	74	small woods — mushrooms can perfectly well grow there, over small areas
Saffron milk caps	40	small woods — mushrooms can perfectly well grow there, over small areas
Parasol mushrooms	89	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	9 °C	13 °C	0.0 mm	88 %	28 %
Fri 30	10 °C	14 °C	0.1 mm	88 %	26 %
Sat 31	7 °C	12 °C	2.8 mm	96 %	26 %
Sun 1	5 °C	10 °C	0.0 mm	86 %	26 %
Mon 2	4 °C	10 °C	0.0 mm	91 %	27 %
Tue 3	2 °C	8 °C	0.0 mm	96 %	25 %
Wed 4	4 °C	10 °C	0.3 mm	89 %	24 %
Thu 5 forecast	5 °C	9 °C	0.0 mm	92 %	24 %
Fri 6 forecast	6 °C	9 °C	0.0 mm	92 %	24 %
Sat 7 forecast	4 °C	8 °C	2.8 mm	96 %	25 %
Sun 8 forecast	2 °C	6 °C	0.0 mm	100 %	25 %
Mon 9 forecast	3 °C	8 °C	0.0 mm	93 %	24 %
Tue 10 forecast	6 °C	8 °C	10.1 mm	93 %	24 %
Wed 11 forecast	7 °C	9 °C	3.4 mm	91 %	23 %
Thu 12 forecast	7 °C	9 °C	0.6 mm	94 %	23 %

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

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