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Cross Timbers / LBJ National Grassland Foraging Conditions — ForageIQ

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Cross Timbers / LBJ National Grassland

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The eastern Cross Timbers — a belt of post oak and blackjack oak savanna threading through north-central Texas just west of the DFW metroplex. LBJ and Caddo National Grasslands give the largest public access, with sandy upland oak woods and shaded creek bottoms (cedar elm, pecan, hackberry). Spring morels appear in dying-elm and pecan flats along the West Fork Trinity; chanterelles and chicken-of-the-woods follow summer thunderstorms. Golden Teacher (Psilocybe cubensis) fruits from cattle dung in the surrounding pastures after warm rains.

Updated Jun 17, 4:24 AM MT

AI Conditions Report

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# Cross Timbers / LBJ—S Tier Peak Window You're in a rare alignment: sustained warm soil (80°F for a week straight), solid moisture carry-over (4" in 14 days), and no drought stress. This is why everything on the board lights up green. The chanterelles and chicken of the woods are your bread-and-butter targets—both flush hard when soil moisture sits at 0.28–0.31 VWC in warm Texan conditions. The polypores, wood ears, and jelly ears are reliable secondary targets that don't need babysitting. The only constraint is moderate desiccation risk going forward. You've got maybe 4–6 days of prime conditions before heat and evaporation start clawing back the moisture advantage. Watch for the next rain event; if we stay dry, VWC will crater and the window closes fast. **Hot tip:** Hunt the north-facing draws and oak understory where soil stays cooler and moisture persists longest—your flush will extend there by several days compared to exposed areas.

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

Oyster Mushroom

All conditions met (soil 80°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.31 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Chanterelle

All conditions met (soil 80°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.31 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Chicken of the Woods

All conditions met (soil 80°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.31 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Wine Cap

All conditions met (soil 80°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.31 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Turkey Tail

All conditions met (soil 80°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.31 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Dryad's Saddle

All conditions met (soil 80°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.31 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Witch's Butter

All conditions met (soil 80°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.31 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Crown-Tipped Coral

All conditions met (soil 80°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.31 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Jelly Ear

All conditions met (soil 80°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.31 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Dead Man's Fingers

All conditions met (soil 80°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.31 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Parasol Mushroom

All conditions met (soil 80°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.31 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Fairy Ring Champignon

All conditions met (soil 80°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.31 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Artist's Conk

All conditions met (soil 80°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.31 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Birch Polypore

All conditions met (soil 80°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.31 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Tinder Fungus

All conditions met (soil 80°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.31 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Bird's Nest Fungus

All conditions met (soil 80°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.31 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Cinnabar Chanterelle

All conditions met (soil 80°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.31 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Mica Cap

All conditions met (soil 80°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.31 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Two-Colored Bolete

All conditions met (soil 80°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.31 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Smooth Chanterelle

All conditions met (soil 80°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.31 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Fool's Mushroom

All conditions met (soil 80°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.31 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Alcohol Inky

All conditions met (soil 80°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.31 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Fairy Inkcap

All conditions met (soil 80°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.31 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Red-Belted Conk

All conditions met (soil 80°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.31 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Thin-Walled Maze Polypore

All conditions met (soil 80°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.31 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Mossy Maze Polypore

All conditions met (soil 80°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.31 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

False Turkey Tail

All conditions met (soil 80°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.31 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Snow Fungus

All conditions met (soil 80°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.31 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Wood Ear

All conditions met (soil 80°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.31 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Green Elfcup

All conditions met (soil 80°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.31 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Aspen Oyster

All conditions met (soil 80°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.31 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Wolf's Milk Slime

All conditions met (soil 80°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.31 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Dog Vomit Slime Mold

All conditions met (soil 80°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.31 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Fluted Bird's Nest

All conditions met (soil 80°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.31 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

King Alfred's Cakes

All conditions met (soil 80°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.31 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Dung Bird's Nest

All conditions met (soil 80°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.31 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Oak Mazegill

All conditions met (soil 80°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.31 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Common Stinkhorn

All conditions met (soil 80°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.31 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Dune Stinkhorn

All conditions met (soil 80°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.31 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Elegant Stinkhorn

All conditions met (soil 80°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.31 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Lantern Stinkhorn

All conditions met (soil 80°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.31 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Banded Mottlegill

All conditions met (soil 80°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.31 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Golden Teacher

All conditions met (soil 80°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.31 — 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.