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Holly Springs NF Foraging Conditions — ForageIQ

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Holly Springs NF

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Holly Springs NF across Benton, Marshall, Tippah, and Lafayette counties in north MS — rolling oak-hickory hills with shortleaf pine, white oak, post oak, and scattered tulip poplar in drainages. Wall Doxey SP and the Tallahatchie River corridor for access. Spring morels in dying elm and tulip poplar bottoms; chanterelles in summer oak woodlands; chicken-of-the-woods on oak snags.

Trees:White Oak Shortleaf Pine Hickory

Updated Jul 13, 4:16 AM MT

AI Conditions Report

AI-generated · verify in field

Holly Springs is firing on all cylinders right now—S-tier is earned. You've got 77°F soil temps married to sustained moisture (0.17 VWC held steady over 7 days), plus recent rain that broke any drought creep. That's the holy trinity for fruiting. The viable roster is enormous because your conditions hit the sweet spot across thermal and hydric demand. Chanterelles, chicken of the woods, and the boletes (Aspen, Frost's, Two-Colored) are your money species. The polypores and jelly fungi (Turkey Tail, Birch Polypore, Jelly Ear) are simultaneously flushing. Wood decay specialists and saprotrophs are equally dialed in. Only limiting factor is moderate desiccation risk—you're not wet enough to trigger unlimited flush. VWC at 0.17 is solid but not saturated, meaning fruiting windows are compressing slightly. Watch the next 48–72 hours: if temps stay in the mid-70s without additional rain, the flush will peak then taper. Hit productive areas before the soil cracks. Hot tip: Work oak and aspen stands at dawn—Chicken of the Woods and Aspen Bolete both prize cool mornings and will abort if ambient temps climb past 85°F mid-day.

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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Nearby Camping

Within(1)

Chewalla Lake Campground

developed

~2.2 mi from centerFee required/night

36 sites

showerelectric hookup

⚠ Road Access Notice

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Viable Species

Confidence × Primordia state

HIGHPrimed

Oyster Mushroom

All conditions met (soil 77°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.17 VWC, 7d avg 0.17)

HIGHPrimed

Chanterelle

All conditions met (soil 77°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.17 VWC, 7d avg 0.17)

HIGHPrimed

Chicken of the Woods

All conditions met (soil 77°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.17 VWC, 7d avg 0.17)

HIGHPrimed

Black Trumpet

All conditions met (soil 77°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.17 VWC, 7d avg 0.17)

HIGHPrimed

Wine Cap

All conditions met (soil 77°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.17 VWC, 7d avg 0.17)

HIGHPrimed

Giant Puffball

All conditions met (soil 77°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.17 VWC, 7d avg 0.17)

HIGHPrimed

Turkey Tail

All conditions met (soil 77°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.17 VWC, 7d avg 0.17)

HIGHPrimed

Witch's Butter

All conditions met (soil 77°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.17 VWC, 7d avg 0.17)

HIGHPrimed

Aspen Bolete

All conditions met (soil 77°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.17 VWC, 7d avg 0.17)

HIGHPrimed

Indigo Milk Cap

All conditions met (soil 77°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.17 VWC, 7d avg 0.17)

HIGHPrimed

Crown-Tipped Coral

All conditions met (soil 77°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.17 VWC, 7d avg 0.17)

HIGHPrimed

Jelly Ear

All conditions met (soil 77°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.17 VWC, 7d avg 0.17)

HIGHPrimed

Dead Man's Fingers

All conditions met (soil 77°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.17 VWC, 7d avg 0.17)

HIGHPrimed

Parasol Mushroom

All conditions met (soil 77°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.17 VWC, 7d avg 0.17)

HIGHPrimed

Shaggy Parasol

All conditions met (soil 77°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.17 VWC, 7d avg 0.17)

HIGHPrimed

Fairy Ring Champignon

All conditions met (soil 77°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.17 VWC, 7d avg 0.17)

HIGHPrimed

Artist's Conk

All conditions met (soil 77°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.17 VWC, 7d avg 0.17)

HIGHPrimed

Birch Polypore

All conditions met (soil 77°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.17 VWC, 7d avg 0.17)

HIGHPrimed

Tinder Fungus

All conditions met (soil 77°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.17 VWC, 7d avg 0.17)

HIGHPrimed

Bird's Nest Fungus

All conditions met (soil 77°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.17 VWC, 7d avg 0.17)

HIGHPrimed

Cinnabar Chanterelle

All conditions met (soil 77°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.17 VWC, 7d avg 0.17)

HIGHPrimed

Berkeley's Polypore

All conditions met (soil 77°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.17 VWC, 7d avg 0.17)

HIGHPrimed

Red-Capped Scaber Stalk

All conditions met (soil 77°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.17 VWC, 7d avg 0.17)

HIGHPrimed

Old Man of the Woods

All conditions met (soil 77°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.17 VWC, 7d avg 0.17)

HIGHPrimed

Frost's Bolete

All conditions met (soil 77°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.17 VWC, 7d avg 0.17)

HIGHPrimed

Horse Mushroom

All conditions met (soil 77°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.17 VWC, 7d avg 0.17)

HIGHPrimed

Mica Cap

All conditions met (soil 77°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.17 VWC, 7d avg 0.17)

HIGHPrimed

Two-Colored Bolete

All conditions met (soil 77°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.17 VWC, 7d avg 0.17)

HIGHPrimed

Smooth Chanterelle

All conditions met (soil 77°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.17 VWC, 7d avg 0.17)

HIGHPrimed

Caesar's Amanita

All conditions met (soil 77°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.17 VWC, 7d avg 0.17)

HIGHPrimed

Weeping Milk Cap

All conditions met (soil 77°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.17 VWC, 7d avg 0.17)

HIGHPrimed

Green-Gill Lepiota

All conditions met (soil 77°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.17 VWC, 7d avg 0.17)

HIGHPrimed

Bitter Bolete

All conditions met (soil 77°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.17 VWC, 7d avg 0.17)

HIGHPrimed

Green Cracked Russula

All conditions met (soil 77°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.17 VWC, 7d avg 0.17)

HIGHPrimed

Peppery Milk Cap

All conditions met (soil 77°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.17 VWC, 7d avg 0.17)

HIGHPrimed

Coker's Amanita

All conditions met (soil 77°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.17 VWC, 7d avg 0.17)

HIGHPrimed

Fool's Mushroom

All conditions met (soil 77°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.17 VWC, 7d avg 0.17)

HIGHPrimed

Alcohol Inky

All conditions met (soil 77°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.17 VWC, 7d avg 0.17)

HIGHPrimed

Fairy Inkcap

All conditions met (soil 77°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.17 VWC, 7d avg 0.17)

HIGHPrimed

Yellow-Stainer

All conditions met (soil 77°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.17 VWC, 7d avg 0.17)

HIGHPrimed

Red-Belted Conk

All conditions met (soil 77°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.17 VWC, 7d avg 0.17)

HIGHPrimed

Thin-Walled Maze Polypore

All conditions met (soil 77°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.17 VWC, 7d avg 0.17)

HIGHPrimed

Mossy Maze Polypore

All conditions met (soil 77°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.17 VWC, 7d avg 0.17)

HIGHPrimed

False Turkey Tail

All conditions met (soil 77°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.17 VWC, 7d avg 0.17)

HIGHPrimed

Northern Tooth

All conditions met (soil 77°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.17 VWC, 7d avg 0.17)

HIGHPrimed

Snow Fungus

All conditions met (soil 77°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.17 VWC, 7d avg 0.17)

HIGHPrimed

Wood Ear

All conditions met (soil 77°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.17 VWC, 7d avg 0.17)

HIGHPrimed

Green Elfcup

All conditions met (soil 77°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.17 VWC, 7d avg 0.17)

HIGHPrimed

Ivory Funnel

All conditions met (soil 77°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.17 VWC, 7d avg 0.17)

HIGHPrimed

Aspen Oyster

All conditions met (soil 77°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.17 VWC, 7d avg 0.17)

HIGHPrimed

Wolf's Milk Slime

All conditions met (soil 77°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.17 VWC, 7d avg 0.17)

HIGHPrimed

Dog Vomit Slime Mold

All conditions met (soil 77°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.17 VWC, 7d avg 0.17)

HIGHPrimed

Fluted Bird's Nest

All conditions met (soil 77°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.17 VWC, 7d avg 0.17)

HIGHPrimed

King Alfred's Cakes

All conditions met (soil 77°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.17 VWC, 7d avg 0.17)

HIGHPrimed

Dung Bird's Nest

All conditions met (soil 77°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.17 VWC, 7d avg 0.17)

HIGHPrimed

Oak Mazegill

All conditions met (soil 77°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.17 VWC, 7d avg 0.17)

HIGHPrimed

Golden Teacher

All conditions met (soil 77°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.17 VWC, 7d avg 0.17)

HIGHPrimed

Ravenel's Stinkhorn

All conditions met (soil 77°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.17 VWC, 7d avg 0.17)

HIGHPrimed

Elegant Stinkhorn

All conditions met (soil 77°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.17 VWC, 7d avg 0.17)

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.