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When the trumpets of the dead are born in France

Updated on October 28, 20261 min read
When they are found

When they are born the trumpets of the dead in France.

Horns of the dead in France are found mainly from August to December, with a peak in October.

Craterellus cornucopioides

January: 1.5% of observationsGFebruary: 0.2% of observationsFMarch: 0.0% of observationsMApril: 13% of observationsAMay: 0.2% of observationsMJune: 1.1% of observationsGJuly: 3.6% of observationsLAugust: 7.7% of observationsASeptember: 16% of observationsSOctober: 34% of observations34%ONovember: 19% of observationsNDecember: 4.6% of observationsD
Month-by-month observation rate. October stands out, as it is the month with the most documented finds.

On 646 observations documented public in France from 2011 to 2025, enough to see the months but no more.

Because every year is different

  • The season opens with rain: after a heavy rain, with the soil still warm, it takes one or two weeks.
  • In mountain It begins earlier and ends earlier than on the plain, and the same is true for the northern slopes.
  • A'dry summer It pushes it forward, sometimes by weeks. A mild autumn lengthens it.

The calendar says the months. Which day, in your forest, this year, the rain that fell there tells you: MushScout follows it day by day and tells you when it's time.

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Data: GBIF.org — GBIF.org, observations with coordinates 2011-2025, counts by month (facet). The observations say when people have documented a find, not how many mushrooms there were.

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