Thursday 5 November 2026

Mushrooms in Staffordshire Moorlands

Today, wood blewits are the best bet around Staffordshire Moorlands (81/100, very favourable). Region: West Midlands · altitude 247 m.

Staffordshire Moorlands is a British or Irish municipality (96 764 inhabitants), at an altitude of 247 m (region: West Midlands). On Thursday 5 November 2026, conditions are favourable for: wood blewits (81/100), hedgehog mushrooms (66/100) and black trumpets (62/100). For wood blewits, conditions deteriorate over the next 8 days. Terrain: likely trees around the municipality (pedunculate oak, sessile oak, Scots pine and sweet chestnut), acidic soil. Weather: 1 mm of rain fell over the last 8 days, 19 mm of rain is expected over the next 7 days, minimum temperatures range from 0 to 8 °C.

Open on the map

14/ 100

Ceps

Unfavourable

7/ 100

Chanterelles

Unfavourable

0/ 100

Morels

Unfavourable

66/ 100

Hedgehog mushrooms

Favourable

62/ 100

Black trumpets

Favourable

44/ 100

Funnel chanterelles

Possible

81/ 100

Wood blewits

Very favourable

38/ 100

Saffron milk caps

Possible

53/ 100

Parasol mushrooms

Possible

8-day forecast

Ceps

14Thu 5

12Fri 6

9Sat 7

6Sun 8

5Mon 9

4Tue 10

3Wed 11

1Thu 12

Chanterelles

7Thu 5

5Fri 6

4Sat 7

2Sun 8

2Mon 9

1Tue 10

1Wed 11

0Thu 12

Morels

0Thu 5

0Fri 6

0Sat 7

0Sun 8

0Mon 9

0Tue 10

0Wed 11

0Thu 12

Hedgehog mushrooms

66Thu 5

64Fri 6

61Sat 7

49Sun 8

49Mon 9

50Tue 10

50Wed 11

50Thu 12

Black trumpets

62Thu 5

61Fri 6

60Sat 7

50Sun 8

49Mon 9

49Tue 10

48Wed 11

48Thu 12

Funnel chanterelles

44Thu 5

42Fri 6

40Sat 7

31Sun 8

31Mon 9

31Tue 10

31Wed 11

31Thu 12

Wood blewits

81Thu 5

80Fri 6

79Sat 7

64Sun 8

63Mon 9

63Tue 10

63Wed 11

63Thu 12

Saffron milk caps

38Thu 5

35Fri 6

32Sat 7

24Sun 8

23Mon 9

22Tue 10

20Wed 11

18Thu 12

Parasol mushrooms

53Thu 5

48Fri 6

44Sat 7

32Sun 8

30Mon 9

29Tue 10

28Wed 11

27Thu 12

Forests and soils around Staffordshire Moorlands

The terrain

Likely trees: pedunculate oak, sessile oak, Scots pine, sweet chestnut
Soil: acidic (pH 5.1), balanced
Slope: 6° · north-facing

Habitat by species

Ceps	44	small woods — mushrooms can perfectly well grow there, over small areas
Chanterelles	60	small woods — mushrooms can perfectly well grow there, over small areas
Morels	40	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	43	small woods — mushrooms can perfectly well grow there, over small areas
Funnel chanterelles	35	small woods — mushrooms can perfectly well grow there, over small areas
Wood blewits	68	small woods — mushrooms can perfectly well grow there, over small areas
Saffron milk caps	45	small woods — mushrooms can perfectly well grow there, over small areas
Parasol mushrooms	84	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	8 °C	12 °C	0.6 mm	92 %	37 %
Fri 30	8 °C	13 °C	0.0 mm	91 %	36 %
Sat 31	3 °C	11 °C	0.0 mm	92 %	36 %
Sun 1	3 °C	12 °C	0.0 mm	93 %	36 %
Mon 2	2 °C	10 °C	0.0 mm	86 %	35 %
Tue 3	7 °C	10 °C	0.0 mm	84 %	34 %
Wed 4	7 °C	10 °C	0.3 mm	84 %	34 %
Thu 5 forecast	7 °C	8 °C	0.2 mm	80 %	33 %
Fri 6 forecast	6 °C	10 °C	0.0 mm	85 %	33 %
Sat 7 forecast	2 °C	6 °C	0.0 mm	95 %	34 %
Sun 8 forecast	0 °C	6 °C	0.0 mm	99 %	33 %
Mon 9 forecast	4 °C	8 °C	0.1 mm	96 %	33 %
Tue 10 forecast	7 °C	11 °C	10.8 mm	96 %	32 %
Wed 11 forecast	7 °C	12 °C	5.0 mm	94 %	35 %
Thu 12 forecast	7 °C	10 °C	3.0 mm	99 %	36 %

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

Going further

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