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Inland mid-coast Maine — Camden Hills, Hidden Valley Nature Center, and the rolling hardwood-conifer mosaic between Augusta and the rocky coast. Northern hardwoods (sugar maple, yellow birch, American beech) interlocked with conifer pockets (white pine, hemlock, balsam fir, red spruce). Cool maritime climate. Closes the gap left by Acadia and Western Maine regions. King bolete (porcini), chanterelles, black trumpet, lobster, and hedgehog through summer and into fall; matsutake (Tricholoma magnivelare) under spruce-fir in October.
Updated May 29, 4:24 AM MT
**Mid-Coast Maine – Tier A (Late May Transition)** You're at the cusp of prime morel season with soil temp just cracking 55°F and moisture locked in from recent rain—conditions are textbook. True Morels and Red-Belted Conks are firing on all cylinders; everything else is right at threshold but viable. The real limiter is desiccation risk: that 1.1" over seven days is solid, but VWC is only 0.21 today. Without another rain event in the next 48–72 hours, soil will dry fast and collapse the moderate-tier species window. Focus your effort on True Morels in riparian zones and ash/elm ecotones where soil moisture will persist longest—you're in the sweet spot window right now. Half-Free Morels are also live as fallback targets. The conk species (Red-Belted, Artist's, Birch Polypore) don't care about soil desiccation, so those remain solid all season. **Hot tip:** Hunt ash and elm zones today and tomorrow before drying takes hold; if you see morel fruiting, harvest aggressively—this window closes fast in late May without rain.
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.
Precip 7d
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1.10"
PRISM 4km · thru 05-27
Precip 14d
Observed precipitation from PRISM 4km gridded analysis, sampled at the region centroid through 2026-05-27. Used when no SNOTEL/SCAN station is mapped to this region.2.15"
PRISM 4km · thru 05-27
Soil Temp
55°F
SWE
Snow Water Equivalent — how much water is in the snowpack vs. normal. Declining SWE means snowmelt is adding moisture to the soil.0%
Drought
None
Snowmelt
complete
All conditions met (soil 55°F, sustained 6/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.24 — moisture sustained)
soil temp marginal (55°F vs 55°F min, 4/7 days above), today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.24 — moisture sustained
soil temp marginal (55°F vs 55°F min, 4/7 days above), today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.24 — moisture sustained
soil temp marginal (55°F vs 55°F min, 4/7 days above), today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.24 — moisture sustained
soil temp marginal (55°F vs 55°F min, 4/7 days above), today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.24 — moisture sustained
soil temp marginal (55°F vs 55°F min, 4/7 days above), today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.24 — moisture sustained
soil temp marginal (55°F vs 55°F min, 4/7 days above), today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.24 — moisture sustained
soil temp marginal (55°F vs 55°F min, 4/7 days above), today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.24 — moisture sustained
soil temp marginal (55°F vs 58°F min, 3/7 days above), today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.24 — moisture sustained
soil temp marginal (55°F vs 55°F min, 4/7 days above), today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.24 — moisture sustained
soil temp marginal (55°F vs 55°F min, 4/7 days above), today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.24 — moisture sustained
soil temp marginal (55°F vs 55°F min, 4/7 days above), today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.24 — moisture sustained
soil temp marginal (55°F vs 55°F min, 4/7 days above), today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.24 — moisture sustained
soil temp marginal (55°F vs 55°F min, 4/7 days above), today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.24 — moisture sustained
soil temp marginal (55°F vs 55°F min, 4/7 days above), today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.24 — moisture sustained
soil temp marginal (55°F vs 55°F min, 4/7 days above), today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.24 — moisture sustained
All conditions met (soil 55°F, sustained 6/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.24 — moisture sustained)
soil temp marginal (55°F vs 55°F min, 4/7 days above), today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.24 — moisture sustained
soil temp marginal (55°F vs 55°F min, 4/7 days above), today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.24 — moisture sustained
soil temp marginal (55°F vs 55°F min, 4/7 days above), today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.24 — moisture sustained
soil temp marginal (55°F vs 55°F min, 4/7 days above), today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.24 — moisture sustained
soil temp marginal (55°F vs 55°F min, 4/7 days above), today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.24 — moisture sustained
soil temp marginal (55°F vs 55°F min, 4/7 days above), today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.24 — moisture sustained
soil temp marginal (55°F vs 55°F min, 4/7 days above), today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.24 — moisture sustained
soil temp marginal (55°F vs 55°F min, 4/7 days above), today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.24 — moisture sustained
soil temp marginal (55°F vs 55°F min, 4/7 days above), today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.24 — moisture sustained
soil temp marginal (55°F vs 55°F min, 4/7 days above), today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.24 — moisture sustained
soil temp marginal (55°F vs 55°F min, 4/7 days above), today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.24 — moisture sustained
soil temp marginal (55°F vs 55°F min, 4/7 days above), today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.24 — 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.