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Chequamegon NF / NW WI Foraging Conditions — ForageIQ

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Chequamegon NF / NW WI

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Chequamegon-Nicolet NF in northwestern Wisconsin, near the Apostle Islands. Northern hardwood-conifer mosaic — sugar maple, yellow birch, beech (eastern edge), with white pine, hemlock, balsam fir, and white spruce on cooler aspects. Glaciated terrain with kettle lakes and bog edges. Spring morels in aspen-birch; king bolete and porcini in summer; chanterelles in hemlock-hardwood; lobster, hedgehog, and matsutake-candidate Tricholoma magnivelare under conifer in fall.

Trees:Sugar Maple Yellow Birch Eastern White Pine

Updated Jul 13, 4:22 AM MT

AI Conditions Report

AI-generated · verify in field

**Chequamegon NF hits S-tier right now—sustained soil warmth (74°F) + steady moisture (0.19 VWC baseline, 0.78" recent precip) unlocks your full summer roster.** You've got 59 species viable across the board: choice edibles (Chicken of the Woods, Black Trumpets, Parasols, Smooth Chanterelles), medicinals (Turkey Tail, Chaga, Artist's Conk), and prolific wood decomposers (Oysters, Jelly Ears, polypores). **The only brake is moderate desiccation risk**—you're not yet vulnerable, but this is the peak window before late July heat dries the duff. **Watch the next 10 days: if precip stays above 0.6" per week, you stay in this sweet zone; if you hit a dry spell, activity drops fast.** Your limiting factor shifts from "moisture trigger" to "moisture *maintenance*." Hot tip: Prioritize gilled species and young polypores in moist microclimates (swale bottoms, north-facing oak/aspen) before drying winds reset the board.

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 74°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.19 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Black Trumpet

All conditions met (soil 74°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.19 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Wine Cap

All conditions met (soil 74°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.19 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Giant Puffball

All conditions met (soil 74°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.19 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Turkey Tail

All conditions met (soil 74°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.19 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Witch's Butter

All conditions met (soil 74°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.19 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Aspen Bolete

All conditions met (soil 74°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.19 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Indigo Milk Cap

All conditions met (soil 74°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.19 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Chaga

All conditions met (soil 74°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.19 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Crown-Tipped Coral

All conditions met (soil 74°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.19 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Jelly Ear

All conditions met (soil 74°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.19 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Dead Man's Fingers

All conditions met (soil 74°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.19 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Birch Bolete

All conditions met (soil 74°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.19 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Parasol Mushroom

All conditions met (soil 74°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.19 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Shaggy Parasol

All conditions met (soil 74°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.19 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Fairy Ring Champignon

All conditions met (soil 74°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.19 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Artist's Conk

All conditions met (soil 74°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.19 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Birch Polypore

All conditions met (soil 74°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.19 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Tinder Fungus

All conditions met (soil 74°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.19 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Bird's Nest Fungus

All conditions met (soil 74°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.19 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Cinnabar Chanterelle

All conditions met (soil 74°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.19 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Berkeley's Polypore

All conditions met (soil 74°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.19 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Red-Capped Scaber Stalk

All conditions met (soil 74°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.19 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Old Man of the Woods

All conditions met (soil 74°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.19 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Frost's Bolete

All conditions met (soil 74°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.19 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Horse Mushroom

All conditions met (soil 74°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.19 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Mica Cap

All conditions met (soil 74°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.19 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Two-Colored Bolete

All conditions met (soil 74°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.19 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Smooth Chanterelle

All conditions met (soil 74°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.19 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Caesar's Amanita

All conditions met (soil 74°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.19 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Weeping Milk Cap

All conditions met (soil 74°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.19 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Green-Gill Lepiota

All conditions met (soil 74°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.19 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Bitter Bolete

All conditions met (soil 74°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.19 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Green Cracked Russula

All conditions met (soil 74°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.19 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Peppery Milk Cap

All conditions met (soil 74°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.19 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Coker's Amanita

All conditions met (soil 74°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.19 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Fool's Mushroom

All conditions met (soil 74°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.19 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Alcohol Inky

All conditions met (soil 74°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.19 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Fairy Inkcap

All conditions met (soil 74°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.19 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Yellow-Stainer

All conditions met (soil 74°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.19 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Red-Belted Conk

All conditions met (soil 74°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.19 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Thin-Walled Maze Polypore

All conditions met (soil 74°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.19 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Mossy Maze Polypore

All conditions met (soil 74°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.19 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

False Turkey Tail

All conditions met (soil 74°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.19 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Northern Tooth

All conditions met (soil 74°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.19 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Snow Fungus

All conditions met (soil 74°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.19 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Wood Ear

All conditions met (soil 74°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.19 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Green Elfcup

All conditions met (soil 74°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.19 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Ivory Funnel

All conditions met (soil 74°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.19 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Aspen Oyster

All conditions met (soil 74°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.19 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Wolf's Milk Slime

All conditions met (soil 74°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.19 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Dog Vomit Slime Mold

All conditions met (soil 74°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.19 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Fluted Bird's Nest

All conditions met (soil 74°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.19 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

King Alfred's Cakes

All conditions met (soil 74°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.19 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Dung Bird's Nest

All conditions met (soil 74°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.19 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Oak Mazegill

All conditions met (soil 74°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.19 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Ravenel's Stinkhorn

All conditions met (soil 74°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.19 — 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.