CatacapeaWhere to go
mushrooming, today.
Catacapea combines rain, temperature, woods, altitude and aspect and shows you the best spots around you, with a score from 0 to 100.
Free on iPhone and Android.
What it does
Head out knowing where to look.
Every morning the app recalculates with the weather of the past weeks and the coming days, for 26 common edible species of the Alps and northern Italy.
Today, go here
The best spots in your area, checked one by one, with the reason behind every score.
The species you’re after
Porcini, chanterelles, Caesar’s mushrooms, honey fungus, parasols, horns of plenty and more. Or all of them together.
The coming days
How the area changes after rain, so you can pick the right day to go.
Compass and car
Brings you back to the car or a saved spot even where the phone has no signal.
Local rules
Quantities, closed days and permits of the place you’re in: Italy, Austria, Bavaria, Ticino and the Grisons.
Your recorded day
Route, car and mushrooms found, to find again next season.
The right woods, coloured in.
The stronger the colour, the better woods, altitude, aspect and rain suit what you’re looking for. On top you see recent reports from other foragers and your own finds.
Guide and Identify
Bresadola’s plates, in your pocket.
The guide shows every species with Giacomo Bresadola’s plates and the dangerous look-alikes to know. With Identify you photograph a mushroom and see which species it could be and what to check.
No app can tell you if a mushroom is edible.
Identify is a help, not a go-ahead. Before eating them, always have your mushrooms checked by an official mushroom inspector or advice centre where you live.
Free, or Pro.
The free plan has every feature, in a small way. Pro opens them all, without videos.
Free
0 €
- Your area, radius 3 km: you choose it and change it once a week
- Today’s forecast
- The 3 best spots
- 1 saved spot
- 1 identification a month
- 1 recorded day
- “Flush coming” alert, at most 1 a week
- Compass, rules and mushroom guide
By watching a short video you unlock, until midnight, the other best spots or tomorrow’s forecast.
Pro
€5.99 a month, or €49.99 a year
- Everywhere the app works: search and analyse
- Radius up to 100 km
- 7-day forecast
- The 10 best spots
- Unlimited saved spots
- Identifications without worries
- All recorded days: route, car and mushrooms
- “Flush coming” alert, every time
- Download the area: map without signal
The first month costs €3.99 if you’ve never had a subscription. You pay with your Apple ID or Google Play and cancel whenever you like.
Support
Write to us
For questions, problems or ideas write to [email protected]. We reply within a few working days.
Subscription
On iPhone: Settings › your name › Subscriptions. On Android: Play Store › your profile › Payments and subscriptions › Subscriptions.
Your data
You can delete the account and all data from the app, in Profile, or from this page.
Happy hunting.