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Thursday 5 November 2026

Mushrooms in Blaenau Gwent

Today, wood blewits are the best bet around Blaenau Gwent (79/100, very favourable). Region: Wales · altitude 345 m.

Blaenau Gwent is a British or Irish municipality (67 593 inhabitants), at an altitude of 345 m (region: Wales). On Thursday 5 November 2026, conditions are favourable for: wood blewits (79/100), black trumpets (69/100) and hedgehog mushrooms (66/100). For wood blewits, conditions remain stable, with a maximum on Thursday 5 November 2026 (79/100). Terrain: likely trees around the municipality (pedunculate oak, sessile oak and Scots pine), slightly acidic soil. Weather: 3 mm of rain fell over the last 8 days, 59 mm of rain is expected over the next 7 days, minimum temperatures range from 4 to 8 °C.

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Ceps

Unlikely

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 Blaenau Gwent

The terrain

Likely trees
pedunculate oak, sessile oak, Scots pine
Soil
slightly acidic (pH 5.5), balanced
Slope
12°

Habitat by species

Ceps55small woods — mushrooms can perfectly well grow there, over small areas
Chanterelles69small woods — mushrooms can perfectly well grow there, over small areas
Morels37small woods — mushrooms can perfectly well grow there, over small areas
Hedgehog mushrooms53small woods — mushrooms can perfectly well grow there, over small areas
Black trumpets53small woods — mushrooms can perfectly well grow there, over small areas
Funnel chanterelles45small woods — mushrooms can perfectly well grow there, over small areas
Wood blewits67small woods — mushrooms can perfectly well grow there, over small areas
Saffron milk caps52small woods — mushrooms can perfectly well grow there, over small areas
Parasol mushrooms81small woods — mushrooms can perfectly well grow there, over small areas

Recent and forecast weather

DayMinMaxRainAir humiditySoil moisture
Thu 29 8 °C12 °C 0.3 mm94 %38 %
Fri 30 8 °C11 °C 0.0 mm95 %36 %
Sat 31 7 °C10 °C 0.0 mm94 %36 %
Sun 1 5 °C10 °C 0.0 mm95 %35 %
Mon 2 5 °C9 °C 0.0 mm89 %35 %
Tue 3 5 °C8 °C 0.0 mm91 %34 %
Wed 4 6 °C7 °C 2.4 mm90 %33 %
Thu 5 forecast 6 °C6 °C 0.4 mm90 %33 %
Fri 6 forecast 5 °C7 °C 2.7 mm95 %33 %
Sat 7 forecast 4 °C8 °C 0.3 mm94 %33 %
Sun 8 forecast 5 °C7 °C 0.7 mm97 %32 %
Mon 9 forecast 5 °C8 °C 9.4 mm96 %32 %
Tue 10 forecast 8 °C12 °C 26.5 mm97 %33 %
Wed 11 forecast 7 °C12 °C 3.4 mm100 %40 %
Thu 12 forecast 7 °C12 °C 16.4 mm100 %41 %

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

Going further

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

Neighbouring municipalities

Caerphilly · Torfaen