Ranked by recent finds, then past-season finds of species in season now, adjusted for the weather outlook.
Pick a canton to see its outlook, best spots and recent finds.
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Get every find checked at a Pilzkontrolle before eating. Suspected poisoning: call 145.
Filled dots are verified finds from the last 30 days. Rings are finds from earlier seasons, which show where a species tends to come back. Some positions are rounded to protect sites.
Finds are verified records from GBIF. They usually arrive two to three weeks after they are posted.
A learning aid, not a verdict. This key narrows down 20 edibles and their dangerous look-alikes. It cannot tell you a mushroom is safe to eat. Only a Pilzkontrolle can.
A record on this map says where a species was seen. It does not make your mushroom that species. Swiss municipalities run free official mushroom checks (Pilzkontrolle).
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Tox Info Suisse, 24 hours. In an emergency call 144. Keep leftovers and peelings for identification.
Anyone may pick wild mushrooms in Swiss woods in usual local amounts (Art. 699 ZGB), but cantons and communes set the rules. Many limit how much each person may pick per day, some have closed days, and picking is often banned in nature reserves. Gardens, fenced and private land are off limits.
Check the rules of the canton and commune before you go. VAPKO overview of cantonal rules ↗ (2012, so confirm with the canton).
Cut or twist carefully, leave small and old specimens, and don't trample the area.
Checking is free. Bring everything you picked, sorted by species and roughly cleaned, with the stems on.
Hours change from year to year. "Call first" means the last published hours are from an earlier season. Kloten, Embrach and Stadel are closed on the 1st to 10th of each month. For all of Switzerland: VAPKO check point finder.
Pilzradar Schweiz is shared free of charge, for general information and learning only, and is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind. It comes with no promise that it is accurate, complete, up to date, or fit for any particular purpose.
Never eat a mushroom because of this app. Pilzradar is not an identification service. Mistaking a poisonous mushroom for an edible one can cause serious illness, organ failure or death. Only eat mushrooms that an official Pilzkontrolle has checked.
Use at your own risk. You are responsible for what you pick, prepare and eat, and for your own safety outdoors, including terrain, weather and getting lost.
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Data can be wrong. Finds, positions, forecasts, scores, species information and check-point hours come from third parties or are estimates. They can be wrong, rounded, out of date or missing.
Rules and access. A spot on the map is not permission to enter land or to pick there. Follow cantonal and municipal picking rules, quantity limits, closed days, nature reserves and private property.
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Finds come from GBIF, which collects verified iNaturalist photos and Swiss survey records. Only the edible species in the guide are fetched. Records reach GBIF about two to three weeks after they are posted.
Fruiting score (0 to 100) uses MET Norway forecasts for nine regions: Zürich, Basel, Bern, Luzern, St. Gallen, Lausanne, Sion, Lugano and Chur. Each canton uses the region nearest its capital, so valleys and high ground can differ a lot. Up to 60 points come from rain over the previous 10 days (30 mm or more scores full marks). Up to 40 points come from the day's mean temperature, best between 8 and 16 °C. Frost in the last three days takes off 25 to 40 points. Most flushes appear 5 to 10 days after a good soaking.
Range: MET Norway forecasts about 9 to 10 days ahead. Scores past day 5 are much less reliable.
Photos are example images from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each one. They are not an identification guide.
Updates run four times a day. Rain from past days is kept from earlier forecasts. Regions other than Zürich started their record on 20 Oct 2026, so their first scores run low.