Thursday 5 November 2026

Mushrooms in Argyll and Bute

Today, wood blewits are the best bet around Argyll and Bute (82/100, very favourable). Region: Scotland · altitude 33 m.

Argyll and Bute is a British or Irish municipality (87 310 inhabitants), at an altitude of 33 m (region: Scotland). On Thursday 5 November 2026, conditions are favourable for: wood blewits (82/100), hedgehog mushrooms (68/100) and black trumpets (68/100). For wood blewits, conditions remain stable, with a maximum on Thursday 5 November 2026 (82/100). Terrain: likely trees around the municipality (pedunculate oak and sessile oak), acidic soil. Weather: 2 mm of rain fell over the last 8 days, 2 mm of rain is expected over the next 7 days, minimum temperatures range from 2 to 12 °C.

Open on the map

11/ 100

Ceps

Unfavourable

5/ 100

Chanterelles

Unfavourable

0/ 100

Morels

Unfavourable

68/ 100

Hedgehog mushrooms

Favourable

68/ 100

Black trumpets

Favourable

54/ 100

Funnel chanterelles

Possible

82/ 100

Wood blewits

Very favourable

33/ 100

Saffron milk caps

Unlikely

53/ 100

Parasol mushrooms

Possible

8-day forecast

Ceps

11Thu 5

8Fri 6

6Sat 7

4Sun 8

2Mon 9

1Tue 10

0Wed 11

0Thu 12

Chanterelles

5Thu 5

4Fri 6

2Sat 7

2Sun 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

68Thu 5

68Fri 6

68Sat 7

67Sun 8

67Mon 9

66Tue 10

63Wed 11

62Thu 12

Black trumpets

68Thu 5

68Fri 6

68Sat 7

68Sun 8

68Mon 9

65Tue 10

62Wed 11

59Thu 12

Funnel chanterelles

54Thu 5

52Fri 6

50Sat 7

50Sun 8

50Mon 9

49Tue 10

49Wed 11

49Thu 12

Wood blewits

82Thu 5

82Fri 6

82Sat 7

82Sun 8

82Mon 9

82Tue 10

82Wed 11

82Thu 12

Saffron milk caps

33Thu 5

31Fri 6

29Sat 7

26Sun 8

24Mon 9

22Tue 10

20Wed 11

18Thu 12

Parasol mushrooms

53Thu 5

48Fri 6

42Sat 7

40Sun 8

38Mon 9

35Tue 10

32Wed 11

30Thu 12

Forests and soils around Argyll and Bute

The terrain

Likely trees: pedunculate oak, sessile oak
Soil: acidic (pH 5.4), balanced
Slope: 6°

Habitat by species

Ceps	51	small woods — mushrooms can perfectly well grow there, over small areas
Chanterelles	64	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	49	small woods — mushrooms can perfectly well grow there, over small areas
Black trumpets	49	small woods — mushrooms can perfectly well grow there, over small areas
Funnel chanterelles	40	small woods — mushrooms can perfectly well grow there, over small areas
Wood blewits	72	small woods — mushrooms can perfectly well grow there, over small areas
Saffron milk caps	48	small woods — mushrooms can perfectly well grow there, over small areas
Parasol mushrooms	88	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	10 °C	14 °C	0.0 mm	91 %	71 %
Fri 30	12 °C	14 °C	0.0 mm	84 %	70 %
Sat 31	10 °C	14 °C	1.7 mm	94 %	69 %
Sun 1	4 °C	11 °C	0.0 mm	90 %	69 %
Mon 2	2 °C	10 °C	0.0 mm	94 %	70 %
Tue 3	6 °C	11 °C	0.0 mm	94 %	68 %
Wed 4	6 °C	11 °C	0.0 mm	86 %	67 %
Thu 5 forecast	6 °C	10 °C	0.0 mm	83 %	67 %
Fri 6 forecast	7 °C	10 °C	0.0 mm	86 %	67 %
Sat 7 forecast	7 °C	10 °C	0.0 mm	89 %	66 %
Sun 8 forecast	4 °C	10 °C	0.0 mm	92 %	66 %
Mon 9 forecast	3 °C	9 °C	0.0 mm	91 %	66 %
Tue 10 forecast	6 °C	10 °C	0.8 mm	84 %	66 %
Wed 11 forecast	6 °C	9 °C	1.0 mm	84 %	66 %
Thu 12 forecast	6 °C	10 °C	0.4 mm	86 %	66 %

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

Going further

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