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Thursday 5 November 2026

Mushrooms in County Durham

Today, wood blewits are the best bet around County Durham (80/100, very favourable). Region: North East England · altitude 192 m.

County Durham is a British or Irish municipality (539 146 inhabitants), at an altitude of 192 m (region: North East England). On Thursday 5 November 2026, conditions are favourable for: wood blewits (80/100), hedgehog mushrooms (71/100) and black trumpets (68/100). For wood blewits, the best day is Saturday 7 November 2026 (81/100), then conditions deteriorate. Terrain: likely trees around the municipality (pedunculate oak, sessile oak and Scots pine), slightly acidic soil. Weather: 5 mm of rain fell over the last 8 days, 12 mm of rain is expected over the next 7 days, minimum temperatures range from 0 to 8 °C.

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Ceps

Unfavourable

Chanterelles

Unfavourable

Morels

Unfavourable

Hedgehog mushrooms

Favourable

Black trumpets

Favourable

Funnel chanterelles

Possible

Wood blewits

Very favourable

Saffron milk caps

Possible

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 County Durham

The terrain

Likely trees
pedunculate oak, sessile oak, Scots pine
Soil
slightly acidic (pH 5.5), balanced
Slope
5° · south-facing

Habitat by species

Ceps23fine forest nearby with suitable host trees: pedunculate oak, sessile oak, Norway spruce
Chanterelles27fine forest nearby with suitable host trees: pedunculate oak, sessile oak, Norway spruce
Morels43fine forest nearby with suitable host trees
Hedgehog mushrooms21fine forest nearby with suitable host trees: sessile oak, Norway spruce, Scots pine
Black trumpets22fine forest nearby with suitable host trees: pedunculate oak, sessile oak, beech
Funnel chanterelles20fine forest nearby with suitable host trees: Norway spruce, Scots pine, beech
Wood blewits78fine forest nearby with suitable host trees: pedunculate oak, sessile oak, Norway spruce
Saffron milk caps21fine forest nearby with suitable host trees: Norway spruce, Scots pine, silver fir
Parasol mushrooms91fine forest nearby with suitable host trees

Recent and forecast weather

DayMinMaxRainAir humiditySoil moisture
Thu 29 6 °C14 °C 0.0 mm87 %35 %
Fri 30 5 °C12 °C 0.0 mm94 %34 %
Sat 31 4 °C10 °C 0.0 mm93 %34 %
Sun 1 4 °C10 °C 0.3 mm92 %33 %
Mon 2 4 °C10 °C 0.2 mm88 %34 %
Tue 3 5 °C9 °C 3.4 mm92 %35 %
Wed 4 6 °C10 °C 0.6 mm93 %36 %
Thu 5 forecast 8 °C10 °C 0.8 mm91 %36 %
Fri 6 forecast 6 °C10 °C 0.2 mm90 %36 %
Sat 7 forecast 3 °C9 °C 0.0 mm92 %35 %
Sun 8 forecast -0 °C9 °C 0.0 mm94 %35 %
Mon 9 forecast 0 °C6 °C 0.0 mm96 %34 %
Tue 10 forecast 6 °C9 °C 7.2 mm92 %34 %
Wed 11 forecast 8 °C9 °C 3.1 mm88 %34 %
Thu 12 forecast 7 °C10 °C 1.6 mm94 %34 %

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

Going further

Mushrooms in North East England · All regions · Ranking of regions · How the score is calculated