King oyster mushroom: where it grows now and when
The mushroom of the central plateau: fields, wasteland and thistles. Humble in name and noble on the table.
The king oyster mushroom (Pleurotus eryngii) comes out from September to December, at its best in October, and also in spring, in pastures, meadows and wasteland, mostly in the middle mountains. It is also known as king trumpet.
See where it is ready this week
Right now, the best day forecast for king oyster mushrooms is 20 September.
The king oyster mushroom does not live in the forest but in open country: wasteland, fallow fields and pastures where the field eryngo grows, whose dead roots it lives on. It is the mushroom of Castile, Aragon and La Mancha, the one people look for with the first autumn fog.
It comes up with the October rains on soils that have already lost the summer heat, and shows again in spring if the year is wet. The map mainly follows the autumn flush.
What it needs to come out
First, a good rain, the kind that soaks the ground. Then patience: it usually appears after three or four weeks, as long as the soil holds on to that moisture and stays cool. If a frost, too much water or a drying wind comes in between, the flush is aborted and never shows.
Where to look
It comes out in pastures, meadows and wasteland, mostly in the middle mountains, without being fussy about the soil.
King oyster mushrooms by province (in Spanish)
- King oyster mushrooms in Barcelona · 284 zones with habitat
- King oyster mushrooms in Burgos · 563 zones with habitat
- King oyster mushrooms in Girona · 145 zones with habitat
- King oyster mushrooms in Huesca · 601 zones with habitat
- King oyster mushrooms in La Rioja · 212 zones with habitat
- King oyster mushrooms in León · 454 zones with habitat
- King oyster mushrooms in Lleida · 433 zones with habitat
- King oyster mushrooms in Navarra · 357 zones with habitat
- King oyster mushrooms in Segovia · 286 zones with habitat
- King oyster mushrooms in Soria · 427 zones with habitat
- King oyster mushrooms in Teruel · 628 zones with habitat
How the forest is doing this week
- Asleep 4390 zones
Forecast of 11 September, updated every day.
Mushrooms that share its woods
- Gurumelo: The mushroom of the south-western spring. It breaks out of the ground like a white stone and smells of wet earth.
- St George's mushroom: The spring mushroom par excellence. A smell of flour you notice from metres away and a price that says it all.