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Okefenokee / SE GA Foraging Conditions — ForageIQ

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Okefenokee / SE GA

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Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge — 438,000 acres of blackwater swamp, cypress stands, pine islands, and floating peat prairies straddling the GA-FL line. Pond cypress, bald cypress, longleaf pine, and slash pine. Chanterelles, indigo milk cap, and lion's mane after summer rains; oyster mushroom year-round on hardwood snags. Stephen C. Foster SP, Okefenokee Swamp Park, and Suwannee Canal recreation areas provide access.

Trees:Bald Cypress Longleaf Pine Live Oak

Updated Jul 13, 4:18 AM MT

AI Conditions Report

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# Okefenokee Tier A – Peak Flush Window, Watch the Dry You're sitting in an ideal thermal and moisture sweet spot: sustained soil warmth at 81°F paired with steady VWC that's held above threshold for a full week. The Okefenokee's high humidity backdrop means this isn't a flash event—it's a genuine flush. Chanterelles, oysters, chicken of the woods, and black trumpets are all printing hard right now; the wood-decayers (turkey tail, artist's conk, berkley's polypore) are also prime. The limiting factor isn't moisture availability—it's *retention*. Mid-July heat and typical SE Georgia afternoon convection can desiccate exposed fruitbodies fast, especially gilled varieties. The next 72 hours are your window before heat stress or a drying trend clips the flush. Watch for any drop in afternoon humidity below 60%; if that happens, the Sphagnum-dependent species (witch's butter, jelly ear, cordyceps) will fade first. Boletes are more resilient but bruise-sensitive in heat. **Hot tip:** Focus wetland margins and shaded swale bottoms where standing moisture persists—skip the hummocks entirely right now, even if they look flush-ready.

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 Potential75/100

✅Moisture

✅Soil Temp

✅No Freeze

✅No Drought

Precip 7d

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Nearby Camping

Within(4)

Pioneer Camping

developed

State~4.8 mi from center

Mixons Hammock Campsite

developed

~5.4 mi from center

Griffis Camp

developed

~6 mi from centerFee required/night

Canal Run

backcountry

~7.3 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 81°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.23 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Chanterelle

All conditions met (soil 81°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.23 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Chicken of the Woods

All conditions met (soil 81°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.23 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Black Trumpet

All conditions met (soil 81°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.23 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Destroying Angel

All conditions met (soil 81°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.23 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Wine Cap

All conditions met (soil 81°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.23 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Giant Puffball

All conditions met (soil 81°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.23 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Turkey Tail

All conditions met (soil 81°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.23 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Witch's Butter

All conditions met (soil 81°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.23 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Aspen Bolete

All conditions met (soil 81°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.23 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Indigo Milk Cap

All conditions met (soil 81°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.23 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Crown-Tipped Coral

All conditions met (soil 81°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.23 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Jelly Ear

All conditions met (soil 81°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.23 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Dead Man's Fingers

All conditions met (soil 81°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.23 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Parasol Mushroom

All conditions met (soil 81°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.23 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Shaggy Parasol

All conditions met (soil 81°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.23 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Fairy Ring Champignon

All conditions met (soil 81°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.23 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Artist's Conk

All conditions met (soil 81°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.23 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Birch Polypore

All conditions met (soil 81°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.23 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Tinder Fungus

All conditions met (soil 81°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.23 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Bird's Nest Fungus

All conditions met (soil 81°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.23 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Cinnabar Chanterelle

All conditions met (soil 81°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.23 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Berkeley's Polypore

All conditions met (soil 81°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.23 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Red-Capped Scaber Stalk

All conditions met (soil 81°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.23 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Old Man of the Woods

All conditions met (soil 81°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.23 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Frost's Bolete

All conditions met (soil 81°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.23 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Horse Mushroom

All conditions met (soil 81°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.23 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Mica Cap

All conditions met (soil 81°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.23 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Two-Colored Bolete

All conditions met (soil 81°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.23 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Smooth Chanterelle

All conditions met (soil 81°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.23 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Blusher

All conditions met (soil 81°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.23 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Caesar's Amanita

All conditions met (soil 81°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.23 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Weeping Milk Cap

All conditions met (soil 81°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.23 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Gem-Studded Puffball

All conditions met (soil 81°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.23 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Green-Gill Lepiota

All conditions met (soil 81°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.23 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Yellow Patches

All conditions met (soil 81°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.23 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Cordyceps

All conditions met (soil 81°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.23 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Bitter Bolete

All conditions met (soil 81°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.23 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Green Cracked Russula

All conditions met (soil 81°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.23 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Blackening Russula

All conditions met (soil 81°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.23 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Peppery Milk Cap

All conditions met (soil 81°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.23 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Grisette

All conditions met (soil 81°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.23 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Coker's Amanita

All conditions met (soil 81°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.23 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Fool's Mushroom

All conditions met (soil 81°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.23 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Alcohol Inky

All conditions met (soil 81°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.23 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Fairy Inkcap

All conditions met (soil 81°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.23 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Yellow-Stainer

All conditions met (soil 81°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.23 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Red-Belted Conk

All conditions met (soil 81°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.23 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Thin-Walled Maze Polypore

All conditions met (soil 81°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.23 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Mossy Maze Polypore

All conditions met (soil 81°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.23 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

False Turkey Tail

All conditions met (soil 81°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.23 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Northern Tooth

All conditions met (soil 81°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.23 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Eyelash Cup

All conditions met (soil 81°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.23 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Snow Fungus

All conditions met (soil 81°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.23 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Wood Ear

All conditions met (soil 81°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.23 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Crested Coral

All conditions met (soil 81°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.23 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Green Elfcup

All conditions met (soil 81°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.23 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Ivory Funnel

All conditions met (soil 81°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.23 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Aspen Oyster

All conditions met (soil 81°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.23 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Wolf's Milk Slime

All conditions met (soil 81°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.23 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Dog Vomit Slime Mold

All conditions met (soil 81°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.23 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Fluted Bird's Nest

All conditions met (soil 81°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.23 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

King Alfred's Cakes

All conditions met (soil 81°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.23 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Dung Bird's Nest

All conditions met (soil 81°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.23 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Parasite Bolete

All conditions met (soil 81°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.23 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Rooted Collybia

All conditions met (soil 81°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.23 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

The Deceiver

All conditions met (soil 81°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.23 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Oak Mazegill

All conditions met (soil 81°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.23 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Golden Teacher

All conditions met (soil 81°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.23 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Blue Meanies

All conditions met (soil 81°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.23 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Ravenel's Stinkhorn

All conditions met (soil 81°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.23 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Bridal Veil Stinkhorn

All conditions met (soil 81°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.23 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Elegant Stinkhorn

All conditions met (soil 81°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.21 VWC, 7d avg 0.23 — 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.