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Black River SF / Driftless WI North Foraging Conditions — ForageIQ

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Black River SF / Driftless WI North

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Black River State Forest and the surrounding north-central WI sand country — bridge between the Driftless Area to the south and the Northwoods to the north. Pine barrens (jack pine, oak savanna), oak-hickory ridges, and bottomland hardwoods (silver maple, swamp white oak) along the Black River. Spring morels in disturbed bottoms and dying elm; chanterelles in oak woodlands; matsutake-candidate Tricholoma magnivelare in jack pine; chicken-of-the-woods on red and white oak.

Trees:Jack Pine White Oak Silver Maple

Updated Jul 13, 4:22 AM MT

AI Conditions Report

AI-generated · verify in field

**Black River SF / Driftless — S-Tier Heat & Moisture Sweet Spot** You're sitting in a rare convergence: sustained soil temps at 73°F with 2+ weeks of consistent moisture and zero drought stress. This explains the 57-species viability list—essentially everything from early-summer flushers (Chicken of the Woods, parasols, wine caps) to opportunistic wood-decayers (turkey tail, artist's conk, jelly ears) is triggering simultaneously. The Driftless topography is holding moisture better than surrounding areas. The only brake is moderate desiccation risk—soil VWC at 0.21 is solid but not saturated, meaning flush window closes if you get 3+ days of heat without rain. No precip is forecasted here in the next 48 hours, so yields will peak *today and tomorrow*, then decline hard by mid-week. Watch for sudden boletus emergence (Aspen Bolete, Frost's Bolete, Two-Colored Bolete) in the next 12 hours; this cohort is a final indicator of peak conditions before the drying phase kicks in. **Hot tip:** Hit north-facing oak and aspen stands in early morning before 9 AM—that's where residual dew and shade keep soil moisture longest, and boletes will flush earliest there.

Generated by Claude (Anthropic) from the structured weather, soil, and phenology data on this page. The LLM can misread edge cases — treat this as a starting hypothesis, not a guarantee. Always verify conditions on the ground before committing to a long drive.

Foraging Potential95/100

✅Moisture

✅Soil Temp

✅No Freeze

✅No Drought

Precip 7d

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Viable Species

Confidence × Primordia state

HIGHPrimed

Chicken of the Woods

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.24 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Black Trumpet

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.24 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Wine Cap

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.24 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Giant Puffball

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.24 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Turkey Tail

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.24 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Witch's Butter

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.24 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Aspen Bolete

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.24 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Indigo Milk Cap

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.24 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Chaga

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.24 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Crown-Tipped Coral

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.24 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Jelly Ear

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.24 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Dead Man's Fingers

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.24 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Birch Bolete

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.24 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Parasol Mushroom

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.24 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Shaggy Parasol

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.24 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Fairy Ring Champignon

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.24 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Artist's Conk

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.24 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Birch Polypore

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.24 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Tinder Fungus

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.24 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Bird's Nest Fungus

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.24 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Cinnabar Chanterelle

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.24 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Berkeley's Polypore

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.24 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Red-Capped Scaber Stalk

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.24 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Old Man of the Woods

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.24 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Frost's Bolete

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.24 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Horse Mushroom

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.24 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Mica Cap

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.24 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Two-Colored Bolete

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.24 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Smooth Chanterelle

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.24 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Caesar's Amanita

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.24 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Weeping Milk Cap

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.24 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Green-Gill Lepiota

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.24 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Bitter Bolete

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.24 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Green Cracked Russula

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.24 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Peppery Milk Cap

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.24 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Coker's Amanita

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.24 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Fool's Mushroom

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.24 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Alcohol Inky

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.24 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Fairy Inkcap

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.24 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Yellow-Stainer

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.24 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Red-Belted Conk

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.24 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Thin-Walled Maze Polypore

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.24 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Mossy Maze Polypore

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.24 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

False Turkey Tail

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.24 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Northern Tooth

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.24 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Snow Fungus

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.24 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Wood Ear

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.24 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Green Elfcup

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.24 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Ivory Funnel

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.24 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Aspen Oyster

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.24 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Wolf's Milk Slime

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.24 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Dog Vomit Slime Mold

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.24 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Fluted Bird's Nest

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.24 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

King Alfred's Cakes

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.24 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Dung Bird's Nest

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.24 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Oak Mazegill

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.24 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Common Stinkhorn

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.24 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Ravenel's Stinkhorn

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.24 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Dune Stinkhorn

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.24 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Elegant Stinkhorn

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.24 — moisture sustained)

Primordia readiness: Cold = mycelium dormant. Activating = soil warming, primordia building. Primed = 5+ sustained warm days at species threshold; fruiting imminent if moisture cooperates. Based on Schmidt 1983 / Mihail 2007.