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Myakka / Southwest Florida Foraging Conditions — ForageIQ

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Myakka / Southwest Florida

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Myakka River State Park and surrounding southwest FL flatwoods and hammocks. Subtropical oak hammocks, pine flatwoods, and cypress domes. Chanterelles (C. lateritius — smooth chanterelle) and cinnabar chanterelles fruit Jun-Oct under live oaks after heavy summer rain. Oyster mushrooms on dead palms and hardwoods year-round. Polypores common. Wetter and warmer than north FL — peak season is late summer rainy season (Jul-Sep). Mosquitoes are fierce — bring repellent.

Trees:Live Oak Bald Cypress Slash Pine

Updated Jul 13, 4:11 AM MT

AI Conditions Report

AI-generated · verify in field

**Myakka S-Tier: Peak Summer Flush Window** You're in an elite moment—82°F soil, seven consecutive days above threshold, and sustained 0.20 VWC across two weeks of solid rain (7.77" in 14 days) has lit up virtually every species in the database. The moisture trigger is locked. This is a fully saturated ecological moment, rare and temporary. Focus your effort on the edible crown jewels: chanterelles, chicken of the woods, oyster varieties, and choice boletes (Frost's, two-colored). The wood-decomposers (Turkey Tail, Artist's Conk, Berkeley's) are equally viable but less urgent for the table. Avoid the toxic amanitas and Destroying Angel unless you're doing ID surveys—they're thriving alongside everything else and easy to mix with edibles under canopy pressure. The limiting factor is desiccation risk moderate—Florida July heat will evaporate that soil moisture hard and fast within 5–7 days if no rain follows. This window closes hard. Watch the next 72 hours for the humidity drop; if you see soil creeping back toward 0.16 VWC, the flush collapses. Fruiting bodies already pinning will mature, but initiation halts. **Hot tip:** Hit the dense hardwood understory and decomposing slash piles at dawn before heat stress kicks in—that's where the density and size overlap.

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(20)

OP27

developed

~1 mi from center

OP30

developed

~1 mi from center

Old Prairie Campground

developed

~1.1 mi from center

Palmetto Ridge Campground

developed

~1.1 mi from center

PR49

developed

~1.1 mi from center

PR90

developed

~1.1 mi from center

OP40

developed

~1.1 mi from center

PR61

developed

~1.1 mi from center

PR50

developed

~1.1 mi from center

PR87

developed

~1.1 mi from center

72

developed

~1.2 mi from center

PR80

developed

~1.2 mi from center

PR70

developed

~1.2 mi from center

PR79

developed

~1.2 mi from center

Honore Campsite

developed

~2.7 mi from center

Bee Island

developed

~3.8 mi from center

Mossy Hammock

developed

~5.2 mi from center

Panther Point

developed

~5.4 mi from center

Oak Grove Camp

developed

~8.1 mi from center

Prairie Point Camp

developed

~9 mi from center

⚠ 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

Chanterelle

All conditions met (soil 82°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.20 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Oyster Mushroom

All conditions met (soil 82°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.20 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Frost's Bolete

All conditions met (soil 82°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.20 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Chicken of the Woods

All conditions met (soil 82°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.20 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Destroying Angel

All conditions met (soil 82°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.20 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Wine Cap

All conditions met (soil 82°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.20 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Giant Puffball

All conditions met (soil 82°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.20 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Turkey Tail

All conditions met (soil 82°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.20 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Witch's Butter

All conditions met (soil 82°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.20 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Aspen Bolete

All conditions met (soil 82°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.20 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Indigo Milk Cap

All conditions met (soil 82°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.20 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Crown-Tipped Coral

All conditions met (soil 82°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.20 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Jelly Ear

All conditions met (soil 82°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.20 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Dead Man's Fingers

All conditions met (soil 82°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.20 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Parasol Mushroom

All conditions met (soil 82°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.20 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Shaggy Parasol

All conditions met (soil 82°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.20 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Fairy Ring Champignon

All conditions met (soil 82°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.20 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Artist's Conk

All conditions met (soil 82°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.20 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Birch Polypore

All conditions met (soil 82°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.20 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Tinder Fungus

All conditions met (soil 82°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.20 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Bird's Nest Fungus

All conditions met (soil 82°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.20 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Cinnabar Chanterelle

All conditions met (soil 82°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.20 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Berkeley's Polypore

All conditions met (soil 82°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.20 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Red-Capped Scaber Stalk

All conditions met (soil 82°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.20 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Old Man of the Woods

All conditions met (soil 82°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.20 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Horse Mushroom

All conditions met (soil 82°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.20 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Mica Cap

All conditions met (soil 82°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.20 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Two-Colored Bolete

All conditions met (soil 82°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.20 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Smooth Chanterelle

All conditions met (soil 82°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.20 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Blusher

All conditions met (soil 82°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.20 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Caesar's Amanita

All conditions met (soil 82°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.20 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Weeping Milk Cap

All conditions met (soil 82°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.20 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Gem-Studded Puffball

All conditions met (soil 82°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.20 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Green-Gill Lepiota

All conditions met (soil 82°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.20 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Yellow Patches

All conditions met (soil 82°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.20 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Cordyceps

All conditions met (soil 82°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.20 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Bitter Bolete

All conditions met (soil 82°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.20 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Green Cracked Russula

All conditions met (soil 82°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.20 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Blackening Russula

All conditions met (soil 82°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.20 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Peppery Milk Cap

All conditions met (soil 82°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.20 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Grisette

All conditions met (soil 82°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.20 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Coker's Amanita

All conditions met (soil 82°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.20 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Fool's Mushroom

All conditions met (soil 82°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.20 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Alcohol Inky

All conditions met (soil 82°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.20 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Fairy Inkcap

All conditions met (soil 82°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.20 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Yellow-Stainer

All conditions met (soil 82°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.20 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Red-Belted Conk

All conditions met (soil 82°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.20 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Thin-Walled Maze Polypore

All conditions met (soil 82°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.20 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Mossy Maze Polypore

All conditions met (soil 82°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.20 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

False Turkey Tail

All conditions met (soil 82°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.20 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Northern Tooth

All conditions met (soil 82°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.20 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Eyelash Cup

All conditions met (soil 82°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.20 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Snow Fungus

All conditions met (soil 82°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.20 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Wood Ear

All conditions met (soil 82°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.20 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Crested Coral

All conditions met (soil 82°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.20 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Green Elfcup

All conditions met (soil 82°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.20 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Ivory Funnel

All conditions met (soil 82°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.20 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Aspen Oyster

All conditions met (soil 82°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.20 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Wolf's Milk Slime

All conditions met (soil 82°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.20 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Dog Vomit Slime Mold

All conditions met (soil 82°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.20 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Fluted Bird's Nest

All conditions met (soil 82°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.20 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

King Alfred's Cakes

All conditions met (soil 82°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.20 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Dung Bird's Nest

All conditions met (soil 82°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.20 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Parasite Bolete

All conditions met (soil 82°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.20 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Rooted Collybia

All conditions met (soil 82°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.20 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

The Deceiver

All conditions met (soil 82°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.20 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Oak Mazegill

All conditions met (soil 82°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.20 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Golden Teacher

All conditions met (soil 82°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.20 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Banded Mottlegill

All conditions met (soil 82°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.20 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Blue Meanies

All conditions met (soil 82°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.20 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Ravenel's Stinkhorn

All conditions met (soil 82°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.20 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Bridal Veil Stinkhorn

All conditions met (soil 82°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.20 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Elegant Stinkhorn

All conditions met (soil 82°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.18 VWC, 7d avg 0.20 — 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.