Forest treasure plannerMushroom route planner for foraging and hiking

A mushroom route planner plans a hike by where your mushroom species can grow – not only by length and paths. The Waldschatz planner leads the route through forest with the right host trees, shows how many kilometres suit your species and gives the chance for today and the coming days. As far as we know it is the only route planner with mushrooms, herbs and plants built in.

For 27 species, for example Chanterelle, Porcini Mushroom, Bay Bolete, Rough-stemmed Bolete, Hedgehog Mushroom, Red-cracking Bolete, Oyster Mushroom, Slippery Jack, Saffron Milkcap, Common Morel, Cauliflower Mushroom, Horn of Plenty, Trumpet Chanterelle, Suede Bolete, Chicken of the Woods, Garlic Mushroom, Gypsy Mushroom, Judas’ Ear, Lurid Bolete, March Waxcap, Orange Birch Bolete, Russula, Sheathed Woodtuft, Truffle, Velvet Shank, Wood Blewit, Yellow Coral Mushroom. Up to three species can be combined in one route.

A free route planner for days in the forest: it plans a real hiking route on footpaths and forest tracks – through forest that suits your mushroom species, past huts, summits, viewpoints or bathing spots. The plan shows distance, ascent, walking time, the steepest point and an elevation profile.

Enter a place, tap the tour idea “Mushroom round” or “Best mushroom chance today” and choose your species (with a free account). The route then leads through forest with the right host trees and shows today’s chance and the best day of the coming week.

Yes, with a free account. Tap the map to add a point, drag points to move them, tap a point to remove it. Length, difficulty, pace and route type (loop, out and back, point to point) can be set above the map – the route is recalculated straight away.

If you choose “hiking car park”, the planner picks a suitable car park near forest and starts the tour there, with a link for directions. Car parks are shown on the map as blue P signs – tap one to start from there.

Yes, with a free account: “Open GPX” on the map loads a route from another hiking app or your GPS device. The planner shows the mushroom forest, today’s chance, the best day of the week and protected areas along it, and creates the PDF.

Usually not: in nature reserves and national parks picking is mostly forbidden, walking on the paths is allowed. The planner places mushroom, herb and berry goals outside these areas, prefers routes around them and names any reserve on the route. The local rules apply.

With a free account, download the route as GPX for your phone or GPS device, or as a PDF with map, elevation profile and all details for printing. The plan itself is a link you can save or share.

Yes. Routes with length, difficulty, car park start, elevation profile and the tour ideas for summits, huts, views and swimming work without an account. With a free account you also get mushroom and herb tours, the mushroom forest on your route, route editing, other suggestions and wishes, GPX, PDF and saved plans.

Choose “With children” or the tour idea “Kids’ hut round”: the route stays on easy paths, visits up to three huts and adds forest games for the way.

Everything is a guide, not a guarantee: paths, weather and conditions on site can differ. Only collect mushrooms you know for certain. Our sources and licences are listed on the sources page.