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Hoosier NF / Brown County Foraging Conditions — ForageIQ

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Hoosier NF / Brown County

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Hoosier National Forest and Brown County State Park in south-central IN. Mature oak-hickory and tulip poplar on rolling hills. Old-growth remnants and dying ash provide reliable morel habitat. Nashville, IN is an unofficial morel capital.

Trees:Tulip Poplar White Oak Hickory

Updated Jul 13, 4:07 AM MT

AI Conditions Report

AI-generated · verify in field

**Hoosier NF / Brown County – S Tier | July 13, 2026** You're looking at a textbook July peak: 76°F soil, two weeks of consistent moisture (2.14" over 14 days), and zero drought stress. Every major edible and medicinal is lighting up—Chicken of the Woods, Black Trumpets, Indigo Milk Caps, Parasol Mushrooms are all present and firing simultaneously. The tier earns its S because soil temperature has held above threshold for the full 7 days and volumetric water content remains in the sweet spot at 0.28–0.30 VWC. The only watch item is moderate desiccation risk creeping in—your window is open *now*, but it's tightening. If the next 48–72 hours see heat without rain, fruiting will contract fast, especially for the delicate gilled species. Polypores and woody decomposers will persist longest. Focus your effort on the high-margin, time-sensitive stuff: Black Trumpets and smooth chanterelles fade quickly in dry heat, whereas puffballs and wine caps have thicker skin. Avoid getting tunnel vision on one species—the floor diversity here is exceptional. **Hot tip:** Scout north-facing ravines and seepage areas now; they'll maintain moisture 12–18 hours longer than exposed ridges when desiccation sets in.

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(45)

Campsite 12

backcountry

~0.6 mi from center

Campsite 11

backcountry

~0.7 mi from center

Campsite 14

backcountry

~0.7 mi from center

Campsite 9

backcountry

~0.7 mi from center

Campsite 13

backcountry

~0.7 mi from center

Campsite 15

backcountry

~0.8 mi from center

Campsite 10

backcountry

~1 mi from center

Campsite 16

backcountry

~1.7 mi from center

Campsite 1

developed

~1.8 mi from center

Campsite 6

developed

~1.8 mi from center

Campsite 24

backcountry

~1.8 mi from center

Campsite 20

backcountry

~1.9 mi from center

Campsite 22

backcountry

~1.9 mi from center

Campsite 21

backcountry

~1.9 mi from center

Campsite 17

backcountry

~1.9 mi from center

Campsite 7

developed

~2 mi from center

Campsite 23

backcountry

~2 mi from center

Campsite 8

developed

~2 mi from center

Campsite 19

backcountry

~2.1 mi from center

Campsite 18

backcountry

~2.3 mi from center

Campsite 5

backcountry

~2.5 mi from center

Campsite 2

developed

~2.7 mi from center

Campsite 3

backcountry

~3 mi from center

Campsite 25

backcountry

~3 mi from center

Blackwell Horse Camp

dispersed

~3.1 mi from centerFree/night

Blackwell Campground

developed

USFS~3.1 mi from centerFee required/night

Hoosier National Forest

Monroe Causeway Campground

developed

~3.3 mi from center

Campsite 4

backcountry

~3.3 mi from center

Ransburg Scout Reservation

developed

Boy Scouts of America - Crossroads of America~4.3 mi from center

Midwest Trail Ride RV Horse Campground

developed

~4.8 mi from center

Primitive Campground

developed

~5 mi from center

Paynetown

developed

BOR~5.1 mi from center

Tent Area E

developed

~5.1 mi from center

Hardin Ridge

developed

~5.1 mi from center

Tent Area C

developed

~5.2 mi from center

Tent Area B

developed

~5.3 mi from center

Hickory Ridge Horse Camp

developed

~5.8 mi from center

Pine Loop campground

developed

Cradle of Forestry Concessionaires~6 mi from centerFee required/night

40 sites

Hardin Ridge

developed

BOR~6.3 mi from center

Harden's Horse Camp

developed

~6.5 mi from center

Hoosier Horse Camp

developed

~6.9 mi from center

Stone Creek Campground & Trails

developed

~7 mi from center

Horseman's Camp

developed

~8.9 mi from center

Raccoon Ridge Campground

developed

~9.3 mi from centerFee required/night

Buffalo Ridge Campground

developed

~9.6 mi from centerFee required/night

⚠ Road Access Notice

Always verify road access is public before following GPS directions to mountain areas. Many forest roads are seasonal, gated, or require 4WD. Dispersed camping follows USFS/BLM rules (typically 14-day limit). Check ranger district offices for current road and campground conditions.

Viable Species

Confidence × Primordia state

HIGHPrimed

Chicken of the Woods

All conditions met (soil 76°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.30 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Black Trumpet

All conditions met (soil 76°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.30 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Destroying Angel

All conditions met (soil 76°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.30 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Wine Cap

All conditions met (soil 76°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.30 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Giant Puffball

All conditions met (soil 76°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.30 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Turkey Tail

All conditions met (soil 76°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.30 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Witch's Butter

All conditions met (soil 76°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.30 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Aspen Bolete

All conditions met (soil 76°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.30 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Indigo Milk Cap

All conditions met (soil 76°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.30 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Crown-Tipped Coral

All conditions met (soil 76°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.30 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Jelly Ear

All conditions met (soil 76°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.30 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Dead Man's Fingers

All conditions met (soil 76°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.30 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Parasol Mushroom

All conditions met (soil 76°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.30 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Shaggy Parasol

All conditions met (soil 76°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.30 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Fairy Ring Champignon

All conditions met (soil 76°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.30 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Artist's Conk

All conditions met (soil 76°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.30 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Birch Polypore

All conditions met (soil 76°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.30 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Tinder Fungus

All conditions met (soil 76°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.30 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Bird's Nest Fungus

All conditions met (soil 76°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.30 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Cinnabar Chanterelle

All conditions met (soil 76°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.30 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Berkeley's Polypore

All conditions met (soil 76°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.30 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Red-Capped Scaber Stalk

All conditions met (soil 76°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.30 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Old Man of the Woods

All conditions met (soil 76°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.30 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Frost's Bolete

All conditions met (soil 76°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.30 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Horse Mushroom

All conditions met (soil 76°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.30 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Mica Cap

All conditions met (soil 76°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.30 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Two-Colored Bolete

All conditions met (soil 76°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.30 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Smooth Chanterelle

All conditions met (soil 76°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.30 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Blusher

All conditions met (soil 76°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.30 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Caesar's Amanita

All conditions met (soil 76°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.30 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Weeping Milk Cap

All conditions met (soil 76°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.30 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Gem-Studded Puffball

All conditions met (soil 76°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.30 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Green-Gill Lepiota

All conditions met (soil 76°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.30 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Yellow Patches

All conditions met (soil 76°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.30 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Cordyceps

All conditions met (soil 76°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.30 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Bitter Bolete

All conditions met (soil 76°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.30 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Green Cracked Russula

All conditions met (soil 76°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.30 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Blackening Russula

All conditions met (soil 76°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.30 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Peppery Milk Cap

All conditions met (soil 76°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.30 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Grisette

All conditions met (soil 76°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.30 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Coker's Amanita

All conditions met (soil 76°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.30 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Fool's Mushroom

All conditions met (soil 76°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.30 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Alcohol Inky

All conditions met (soil 76°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.30 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Fairy Inkcap

All conditions met (soil 76°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.30 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Yellow-Stainer

All conditions met (soil 76°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.30 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Red-Belted Conk

All conditions met (soil 76°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.30 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Thin-Walled Maze Polypore

All conditions met (soil 76°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.30 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Mossy Maze Polypore

All conditions met (soil 76°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.30 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

False Turkey Tail

All conditions met (soil 76°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.30 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Northern Tooth

All conditions met (soil 76°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.30 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Eyelash Cup

All conditions met (soil 76°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.30 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Snow Fungus

All conditions met (soil 76°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.30 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Wood Ear

All conditions met (soil 76°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.30 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Crested Coral

All conditions met (soil 76°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.30 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Green Elfcup

All conditions met (soil 76°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.30 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Ivory Funnel

All conditions met (soil 76°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.30 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Aspen Oyster

All conditions met (soil 76°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.30 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Wolf's Milk Slime

All conditions met (soil 76°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.30 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Dog Vomit Slime Mold

All conditions met (soil 76°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.30 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Fluted Bird's Nest

All conditions met (soil 76°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.30 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

King Alfred's Cakes

All conditions met (soil 76°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.30 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Dung Bird's Nest

All conditions met (soil 76°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.30 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Parasite Bolete

All conditions met (soil 76°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.30 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Rooted Collybia

All conditions met (soil 76°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.30 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

The Deceiver

All conditions met (soil 76°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.30 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Oak Mazegill

All conditions met (soil 76°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.30 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Ovoid-Spore Psilocybe

All conditions met (soil 76°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.30 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Banded Mottlegill

All conditions met (soil 76°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.30 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Willow Shield

All conditions met (soil 76°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.30 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Ravenel's Stinkhorn

All conditions met (soil 76°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.30 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Dune Stinkhorn

All conditions met (soil 76°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.30 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Elegant Stinkhorn

All conditions met (soil 76°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.30 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Lantern Stinkhorn

All conditions met (soil 76°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.30 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — 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.