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NW NJ / High Point Foraging Conditions — ForageIQ

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NW NJ / High Point

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High Point SP and Stokes SF in NW New Jersey — Kittatinny Ridge with northern hardwoods (sugar maple, beech, yellow birch) and hemlock ravines. Spring morels in tulip poplar transitions; chanterelles, chicken, and lion's mane through summer/fall. Cooler season than southern NJ.

Trees:Sugar Maple American Beech Eastern Hemlock

Updated Jul 13, 4:16 AM MT

AI Conditions Report

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**NW NJ High Point – S Tier | July 13, 2026** You're in a legitimate fruiting window. Seven straight days above soil temp threshold combined with sustained moisture (0.28 VWC 7-day average, 3.4" rain last week) has primed this region hard—all 68 tracked species are flagged viable. The breadth is real: wood-decay species (oysters, chicken, turkey tail), mycorrhizal associates (chanterelles, boletes, milk caps), and saprotrophs (puffballs, inky caps) all have their ducks in a row. The only brake is moderate desiccation risk—watch for afternoon dry-down, especially on south-facing slopes where 71°F soil can wick moisture fast. No dead zones here. Focus on moist hollows and north aspects where soil moisture holds longest; chanterelles and indigo milk caps will flash hard in the next 48–72 hours if we don't see a dry spell. Hot tip: Hit shaded hardwood floors before 10 AM—morning dew extends the fruiting window by hours before UV and heat stress shut down spore dispersal.

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(9)

Pleasant Acres Farm Campground

developed

~1.2 mi from center

Sawmill Lake Camping Area

developed

~2 mi from center

Village of Unionville

developed

~4.6 mi from center

Steam Mill Camping Area

developed

New Jersey Division of Parks and Forestry~5.6 mi from center

Kittatiny Canoes - River Beach Campground

developed

Kittatiny Canoes~6.8 mi from centerFee required/night

160 sites

toiletshower

Lake Ocquittunk Camping Area

developed

~7.3 mi from center

Camp Louemma

developed

~8.3 mi from center

Haskin's Group Camping Area

developed

~8.9 mi from center

Shotwell Camping Area

developed

~9.7 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

Oyster Mushroom

All conditions met (soil 71°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.23 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Chanterelle

All conditions met (soil 71°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.23 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Chicken of the Woods

All conditions met (soil 71°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.23 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Black Trumpet

All conditions met (soil 71°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.23 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Wine Cap

All conditions met (soil 71°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.23 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Giant Puffball

All conditions met (soil 71°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.23 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Turkey Tail

All conditions met (soil 71°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.23 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Witch's Butter

All conditions met (soil 71°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.23 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Aspen Bolete

All conditions met (soil 71°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.23 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Indigo Milk Cap

All conditions met (soil 71°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.23 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Crown-Tipped Coral

All conditions met (soil 71°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.23 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Jelly Ear

All conditions met (soil 71°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.23 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Dead Man's Fingers

All conditions met (soil 71°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.23 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Parasol Mushroom

All conditions met (soil 71°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.23 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Shaggy Parasol

All conditions met (soil 71°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.23 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Fairy Ring Champignon

All conditions met (soil 71°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.23 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Artist's Conk

All conditions met (soil 71°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.23 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Birch Polypore

All conditions met (soil 71°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.23 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Tinder Fungus

All conditions met (soil 71°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.23 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Bird's Nest Fungus

All conditions met (soil 71°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.23 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Cinnabar Chanterelle

All conditions met (soil 71°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.23 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Berkeley's Polypore

All conditions met (soil 71°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.23 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Red-Capped Scaber Stalk

All conditions met (soil 71°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.23 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Old Man of the Woods

All conditions met (soil 71°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.23 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Frost's Bolete

All conditions met (soil 71°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.23 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Horse Mushroom

All conditions met (soil 71°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.23 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Mica Cap

All conditions met (soil 71°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.23 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Two-Colored Bolete

All conditions met (soil 71°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.23 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Smooth Chanterelle

All conditions met (soil 71°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.23 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Caesar's Amanita

All conditions met (soil 71°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.23 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Weeping Milk Cap

All conditions met (soil 71°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.23 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Green-Gill Lepiota

All conditions met (soil 71°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.23 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Bitter Bolete

All conditions met (soil 71°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.23 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Green Cracked Russula

All conditions met (soil 71°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.23 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Peppery Milk Cap

All conditions met (soil 71°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.23 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Coker's Amanita

All conditions met (soil 71°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.23 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Fool's Mushroom

All conditions met (soil 71°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.23 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Alcohol Inky

All conditions met (soil 71°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.23 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Fairy Inkcap

All conditions met (soil 71°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.23 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Yellow-Stainer

All conditions met (soil 71°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.23 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Red-Belted Conk

All conditions met (soil 71°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.23 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Thin-Walled Maze Polypore

All conditions met (soil 71°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.23 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Mossy Maze Polypore

All conditions met (soil 71°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.23 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

False Turkey Tail

All conditions met (soil 71°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.23 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Northern Tooth

All conditions met (soil 71°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.23 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Snow Fungus

All conditions met (soil 71°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.23 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Wood Ear

All conditions met (soil 71°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.23 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Green Elfcup

All conditions met (soil 71°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.23 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Ivory Funnel

All conditions met (soil 71°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.23 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Aspen Oyster

All conditions met (soil 71°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.23 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Wolf's Milk Slime

All conditions met (soil 71°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.23 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Dog Vomit Slime Mold

All conditions met (soil 71°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.23 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Fluted Bird's Nest

All conditions met (soil 71°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.23 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

King Alfred's Cakes

All conditions met (soil 71°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.23 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Dung Bird's Nest

All conditions met (soil 71°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.23 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Oak Mazegill

All conditions met (soil 71°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.23 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Ovoid-Spore Psilocybe

All conditions met (soil 71°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.23 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Blue-Foot Psilocybe

All conditions met (soil 71°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.23 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Banded Mottlegill

All conditions met (soil 71°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.23 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Willow Shield

All conditions met (soil 71°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.23 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Common Stinkhorn

All conditions met (soil 71°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.23 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Ravenel's Stinkhorn

All conditions met (soil 71°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.23 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Dune Stinkhorn

All conditions met (soil 71°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.23 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Elegant Stinkhorn

All conditions met (soil 71°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.23 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.