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De Soto NF Foraging Conditions — ForageIQ

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De Soto NF

100–400 ft · MS🚗 Directions

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De Soto NF in south MS — longleaf and loblolly pine with hardwood drainages along Black Creek, Tuxachanie, and Leaf River. Chanterelles, indigo milk cap (Lactarius indigo), and lion's mane in summer. Oyster mushrooms year-round on hardwood snags.

Trees:Longleaf Pine Loblolly Pine Sweetgum

Updated Jul 13, 4:15 AM MT

AI Conditions Report

AI-generated · verify in field

**De Soto NF: Tier A on Paper, Drought-Limited in Practice** You're looking at a region that *should* be cooking—no active drought status, clean melt cycle, soil temp in the sweet spot at 79°F—but the moisture picture tells the real story. Two weeks of minimal precipitation (0.57" total) have left VWC bottomed out at 0.14, and that marginal reading is the hard ceiling holding back 57 species that would otherwise be moderate producers. The good news: your species list is diverse and deep, covering wood decay specialists (Chicken of the Woods, Turkey Tail, jelly fungi) that don't demand high soil moisture, plus opportunistic ground-fruiting types like Wine Caps and Parasols that'll pin if conditions shift. The limiting factor is straightforward—moisture. You need rain, and you need it soon. Without it, even these "moderate" ratings will slide toward token sporadic flushes. Watch the next 48–72 hours closely; a meaningful precip event (1"+ ideally) would flip this region hot immediately. **Hot tip:** Prioritize wood-decay species now (Turkey Tail, Artist's Conk, jelly ears, Chicken of the Woods)—they're least dependent on soil moisture and often fruit paradoxically well during dry spells when competitors aren't pushing hard.

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 Potential80/100

❌Moisture

✅Soil Temp

✅No Freeze

✅No Drought

Precip 7d

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Nearby Camping

Within(1)

Moody's Landing - USFS

developed

~3.9 mi from center

4 sites

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Viable Species

Confidence × Primordia state

MODERATEPrimed

Oyster Mushroom

moisture marginal (today 0.14 VWC, 7d avg 0.13)

MODERATEPrimed

Chanterelle

moisture marginal (today 0.14 VWC, 7d avg 0.13)

MODERATEPrimed

Chicken of the Woods

moisture marginal (today 0.14 VWC, 7d avg 0.13)

MODERATEPrimed

Black Trumpet

moisture marginal (today 0.14 VWC, 7d avg 0.13)

MODERATEPrimed

Wine Cap

moisture marginal (today 0.14 VWC, 7d avg 0.13)

MODERATEPrimed

Giant Puffball

moisture marginal (today 0.14 VWC, 7d avg 0.13)

MODERATEPrimed

Turkey Tail

moisture marginal (today 0.14 VWC, 7d avg 0.13)

MODERATEPrimed

Witch's Butter

moisture marginal (today 0.14 VWC, 7d avg 0.13)

MODERATEPrimed

Aspen Bolete

moisture marginal (today 0.14 VWC, 7d avg 0.13)

MODERATEPrimed

Indigo Milk Cap

moisture marginal (today 0.14 VWC, 7d avg 0.13)

MODERATEPrimed

Crown-Tipped Coral

moisture marginal (today 0.14 VWC, 7d avg 0.13)

MODERATEPrimed

Jelly Ear

moisture marginal (today 0.14 VWC, 7d avg 0.13)

MODERATEPrimed

Dead Man's Fingers

moisture marginal (today 0.14 VWC, 7d avg 0.13)

MODERATEPrimed

Parasol Mushroom

moisture marginal (today 0.14 VWC, 7d avg 0.13)

MODERATEPrimed

Shaggy Parasol

moisture marginal (today 0.14 VWC, 7d avg 0.13)

MODERATEPrimed

Fairy Ring Champignon

moisture marginal (today 0.14 VWC, 7d avg 0.13)

MODERATEPrimed

Artist's Conk

moisture marginal (today 0.14 VWC, 7d avg 0.13)

MODERATEPrimed

Birch Polypore

moisture marginal (today 0.14 VWC, 7d avg 0.13)

MODERATEPrimed

Tinder Fungus

moisture marginal (today 0.14 VWC, 7d avg 0.13)

MODERATEPrimed

Bird's Nest Fungus

moisture marginal (today 0.14 VWC, 7d avg 0.13)

MODERATEPrimed

Cinnabar Chanterelle

moisture marginal (today 0.14 VWC, 7d avg 0.13)

MODERATEPrimed

Berkeley's Polypore

moisture marginal (today 0.14 VWC, 7d avg 0.13)

MODERATEPrimed

Red-Capped Scaber Stalk

moisture marginal (today 0.14 VWC, 7d avg 0.13)

MODERATEPrimed

Old Man of the Woods

moisture marginal (today 0.14 VWC, 7d avg 0.13)

MODERATEPrimed

Frost's Bolete

moisture marginal (today 0.14 VWC, 7d avg 0.13)

MODERATEPrimed

Horse Mushroom

moisture marginal (today 0.14 VWC, 7d avg 0.13)

MODERATEPrimed

Mica Cap

moisture marginal (today 0.14 VWC, 7d avg 0.13)

MODERATEPrimed

Two-Colored Bolete

moisture marginal (today 0.14 VWC, 7d avg 0.13)

MODERATEPrimed

Smooth Chanterelle

moisture marginal (today 0.14 VWC, 7d avg 0.13)

MODERATEPrimed

Caesar's Amanita

moisture marginal (today 0.14 VWC, 7d avg 0.13)

MODERATEPrimed

Weeping Milk Cap

moisture marginal (today 0.14 VWC, 7d avg 0.13)

MODERATEPrimed

Green-Gill Lepiota

moisture marginal (today 0.14 VWC, 7d avg 0.13)

MODERATEPrimed

Bitter Bolete

moisture marginal (today 0.14 VWC, 7d avg 0.13)

MODERATEPrimed

Green Cracked Russula

moisture marginal (today 0.14 VWC, 7d avg 0.13)

MODERATEPrimed

Peppery Milk Cap

moisture marginal (today 0.14 VWC, 7d avg 0.13)

MODERATEPrimed

Coker's Amanita

moisture marginal (today 0.14 VWC, 7d avg 0.13)

MODERATEPrimed

Fool's Mushroom

moisture marginal (today 0.14 VWC, 7d avg 0.13)

MODERATEPrimed

Alcohol Inky

moisture marginal (today 0.14 VWC, 7d avg 0.13)

MODERATEPrimed

Fairy Inkcap

moisture marginal (today 0.14 VWC, 7d avg 0.13)

MODERATEPrimed

Yellow-Stainer

moisture marginal (today 0.14 VWC, 7d avg 0.13)

MODERATEPrimed

Red-Belted Conk

moisture marginal (today 0.14 VWC, 7d avg 0.13)

MODERATEPrimed

Thin-Walled Maze Polypore

moisture marginal (today 0.14 VWC, 7d avg 0.13)

MODERATEPrimed

Mossy Maze Polypore

moisture marginal (today 0.14 VWC, 7d avg 0.13)

MODERATEPrimed

False Turkey Tail

moisture marginal (today 0.14 VWC, 7d avg 0.13)

MODERATEPrimed

Northern Tooth

moisture marginal (today 0.14 VWC, 7d avg 0.13)

MODERATEPrimed

Snow Fungus

moisture marginal (today 0.14 VWC, 7d avg 0.13)

MODERATEPrimed

Wood Ear

moisture marginal (today 0.14 VWC, 7d avg 0.13)

MODERATEPrimed

Green Elfcup

moisture marginal (today 0.14 VWC, 7d avg 0.13)

MODERATEPrimed

Ivory Funnel

moisture marginal (today 0.14 VWC, 7d avg 0.13)

MODERATEPrimed

Aspen Oyster

moisture marginal (today 0.14 VWC, 7d avg 0.13)

MODERATEPrimed

Wolf's Milk Slime

moisture marginal (today 0.14 VWC, 7d avg 0.13)

MODERATEPrimed

Dog Vomit Slime Mold

moisture marginal (today 0.14 VWC, 7d avg 0.13)

MODERATEPrimed

Fluted Bird's Nest

moisture marginal (today 0.14 VWC, 7d avg 0.13)

MODERATEPrimed

King Alfred's Cakes

moisture marginal (today 0.14 VWC, 7d avg 0.13)

MODERATEPrimed

Dung Bird's Nest

moisture marginal (today 0.14 VWC, 7d avg 0.13)

MODERATEPrimed

Oak Mazegill

moisture marginal (today 0.14 VWC, 7d avg 0.13)

MODERATEPrimed

Golden Teacher

moisture marginal (today 0.14 VWC, 7d avg 0.13)

MODERATEPrimed

Ravenel's Stinkhorn

moisture marginal (today 0.14 VWC, 7d avg 0.13)

MODERATEPrimed

Elegant Stinkhorn

moisture marginal (today 0.14 VWC, 7d avg 0.13)

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.