Where to look for mushrooms this weekend

Saturday 17 October and Sunday 18 October

The parts of Spain where the forest reaches the weekend with rain, temperature and soil moisture on its side, species by species. Recomputed every morning.

Forecast computed on Thursday 15 October.

The ten areas with the most forest ready

Square kilometres of forest with good or excellent conditions for each edible species. At most two areas per province.

  1. Pirineo

    Navarra

  2. Geoparque Sobrarbe-Pirineos

    Huesca

  3. Sobrarbe

    Huesca

  4. Gúdar-Javalambre

    Teruel

  5. Els Ports and the Maestrat

    Castellón/Castelló

  6. Osona

    Barcelona

  7. Berguedà

    Barcelona

  8. Alto Urgel

    Lleida

  9. Lleida Pyrenees

    Lleida

  10. la Selva

    Girona

Species by species

How much forest is ready across Spain, and where there is most of it.

Chanterelle

Cantharellus cibarius

28305 km² across Spain

  1. Pirineo · Navarra1073 km² · 810 excellent · best on Sunday
  2. Osona · Barcelona945 km² · 850 excellent · best on Sunday
  3. Berguedà · Barcelona873 km² · 723 excellent · best on Sunday
  4. Alto Urgel · Lleida838 km² · 606 excellent · best on Sunday
  5. la Selva · Girona830 km² · 723 excellent · best on Sunday

Scarletina bolete

Neoboletus erythropus

21027 km² across Spain

  1. Pirineo · Navarra1024 km² · 790 excellent · best on Sunday
  2. Jacetania · Huesca753 km² · 549 excellent · best on Sunday
  3. Geoparque Sobrarbe-Pirineos · Huesca719 km² · 488 excellent · best on Sunday
  4. Berguedà · Barcelona695 km² · 590 excellent · best on Saturday
  5. Ripollés · Girona671 km² · 569 excellent · best on Sunday

Bay bolete

Imleria badia

20747 km² across Spain

  1. Pirineo · Navarra994 km² · 754 excellent · best on Sunday
  2. Berguedà · Barcelona676 km² · 577 excellent · best on Saturday
  3. Ripollés · Girona587 km² · 472 excellent · best on Sunday
  4. Geoparque Sobrarbe-Pirineos · Huesca550 km² · 258 excellent · best on Sunday
  5. Sobrarbe · Huesca550 km² · 258 excellent · best on Sunday

Summer cep

Boletus reticulatus

20737 km² across Spain

  1. Garrotxa · Girona687 km² · 547 excellent · best on Sunday
  2. la Selva · Girona642 km² · 547 excellent · best on Sunday
  3. Pirineo · Navarra640 km² · 340 excellent · best on Saturday
  4. Osona · Barcelona552 km² · 434 excellent · best on Sunday
  5. Montaña Alavesa · Araba/Álava484 km² · 352 excellent · best on Sunday

Hedgehog mushroom

Hydnum repandum

20569 km² across Spain

  1. Pirineo · Navarra1010 km² · 770 excellent · best on Sunday
  2. Osona · Barcelona802 km² · 623 excellent · best on Sunday
  3. Ripollés · Girona643 km² · 525 excellent · best on Sunday
  4. Berguedà · Barcelona633 km² · 516 excellent · best on Sunday
  5. Geoparque Sobrarbe-Pirineos · Huesca620 km² · 333 excellent · best on Sunday

Charcoal burner

Russula cyanoxantha

17614 km² across Spain

  1. Garrotxa · Girona685 km² · 542 excellent · best on Sunday
  2. Pirineo · Navarra614 km² · 320 excellent · best on Saturday
  3. Osona · Barcelona550 km² · 427 excellent · best on Sunday
  4. Montaña Alavesa · Araba/Álava475 km² · 331 excellent · best on Sunday
  5. la Selva · Girona424 km² · 359 excellent · best on Sunday

Careful: the poisonous ones are thriving too

The same rain brings out the poisonous species. These have the most ground in their favour this weekend — learn to recognise them before you go. Guide to poisonous mushrooms

Panther capToxic

Amanita pantherina

31101 km² across Spain

  1. Pirineo · Navarra1052 km² · 831 excellent · best on Sunday
  2. Alto Urgel · Lleida973 km² · 768 excellent · best on Sunday
  3. Berguedà · Barcelona902 km² · 764 excellent · best on Sunday

A forecast of conditions, not a promise of mushrooms. Follow each area's rules: many forests require a permit.