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NE Ohio Foraging Conditions — ForageIQ

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Northeast Ohio including Cuyahoga Valley NP and surrounding Geauga and Portage county woodlands. Beech-maple forest with scattered ash and elm. Lake Erie moderates temperatures, delaying but extending the morel window.

Trees:American Beech Sugar Maple White Ash

Updated Jul 13, 4:08 AM MT

AI Conditions Report

AI-generated · verify in field

**S-tier hit: Northeast Ohio is locked in peak summer fruiting with 4+ inches of rain in two weeks and soil locked at 72°F for a sustained week—every major edible and medicinal is triggered simultaneously.** The breadth here is genuine: Chicken of the Woods and Black Trumpets are flushing hard, parasol species are at prime, boletes (Aspen, Frost's, Two-Colored) are staging, and the polypores (Artist's Conk, Birch, Tinder) are in active growth mode. No scarcity, no wait—this is the rare window where selective picking is your only constraint. The single limiting factor is moderate desiccation risk: soil moisture is sustained *now*, but watch the forecast hard. One dry spell breaks the chain. The window is probably 5–7 days before evaporation starts eating into your VWC. **Hot tip: Work the shaded ravine systems and north-facing oak stands first—they'll hold moisture longest as the heat spike arrives mid-week.**

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(7)

Hidden Valley Campground

developed

~1.2 mi from center

Tucaway Lake Campground

developed

~1.4 mi from center

Stow Silver Springs Campground

developed

City of Stow~5.5 mi from centerFee required/night

Roundup Lake Campground

developed

~7.5 mi from center

Cherokee Park

developed

~9.1 mi from center

Camp Asbury

developed

~9.3 mi from center

Countryside Campground

developed

~9.8 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

Chicken of the Woods

All conditions met (soil 72°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.30 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Black Trumpet

All conditions met (soil 72°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.30 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Wine Cap

All conditions met (soil 72°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.30 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Giant Puffball

All conditions met (soil 72°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.30 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Turkey Tail

All conditions met (soil 72°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.30 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Witch's Butter

All conditions met (soil 72°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.30 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Aspen Bolete

All conditions met (soil 72°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.30 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Indigo Milk Cap

All conditions met (soil 72°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.30 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Crown-Tipped Coral

All conditions met (soil 72°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.30 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Jelly Ear

All conditions met (soil 72°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.30 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Dead Man's Fingers

All conditions met (soil 72°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.30 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Parasol Mushroom

All conditions met (soil 72°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.30 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Shaggy Parasol

All conditions met (soil 72°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.30 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Fairy Ring Champignon

All conditions met (soil 72°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.30 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Artist's Conk

All conditions met (soil 72°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.30 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Birch Polypore

All conditions met (soil 72°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.30 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Tinder Fungus

All conditions met (soil 72°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.30 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Bird's Nest Fungus

All conditions met (soil 72°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.30 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Cinnabar Chanterelle

All conditions met (soil 72°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.30 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Berkeley's Polypore

All conditions met (soil 72°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.30 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Red-Capped Scaber Stalk

All conditions met (soil 72°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.30 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Old Man of the Woods

All conditions met (soil 72°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.30 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Frost's Bolete

All conditions met (soil 72°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.30 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Horse Mushroom

All conditions met (soil 72°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.30 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Mica Cap

All conditions met (soil 72°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.30 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Two-Colored Bolete

All conditions met (soil 72°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.30 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Smooth Chanterelle

All conditions met (soil 72°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.30 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Caesar's Amanita

All conditions met (soil 72°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.30 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Weeping Milk Cap

All conditions met (soil 72°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.30 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Green-Gill Lepiota

All conditions met (soil 72°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.30 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Bitter Bolete

All conditions met (soil 72°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.30 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Green Cracked Russula

All conditions met (soil 72°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.30 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Peppery Milk Cap

All conditions met (soil 72°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.30 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Coker's Amanita

All conditions met (soil 72°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.30 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Fool's Mushroom

All conditions met (soil 72°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.30 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Alcohol Inky

All conditions met (soil 72°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.30 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Fairy Inkcap

All conditions met (soil 72°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.30 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Yellow-Stainer

All conditions met (soil 72°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.30 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Red-Belted Conk

All conditions met (soil 72°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.30 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Thin-Walled Maze Polypore

All conditions met (soil 72°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.30 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Mossy Maze Polypore

All conditions met (soil 72°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.30 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

False Turkey Tail

All conditions met (soil 72°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.30 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Northern Tooth

All conditions met (soil 72°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.30 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Snow Fungus

All conditions met (soil 72°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.30 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Wood Ear

All conditions met (soil 72°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.30 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Green Elfcup

All conditions met (soil 72°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.30 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Ivory Funnel

All conditions met (soil 72°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.30 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Aspen Oyster

All conditions met (soil 72°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.30 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Wolf's Milk Slime

All conditions met (soil 72°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.30 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Dog Vomit Slime Mold

All conditions met (soil 72°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.30 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Fluted Bird's Nest

All conditions met (soil 72°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.30 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

King Alfred's Cakes

All conditions met (soil 72°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.30 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Dung Bird's Nest

All conditions met (soil 72°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.30 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Oak Mazegill

All conditions met (soil 72°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.30 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Ovoid-Spore Psilocybe

All conditions met (soil 72°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.30 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Blue-Foot Psilocybe

All conditions met (soil 72°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.30 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Banded Mottlegill

All conditions met (soil 72°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.30 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Ravenel's Stinkhorn

All conditions met (soil 72°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.30 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Elegant Stinkhorn

All conditions met (soil 72°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.28 VWC, 7d avg 0.30 — 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.