Savannah / Hilton Head Coast

Savannah / Hilton Head Coast rates Good for fruiting this week. Soil is holding at 77.2°F, with all seven days above threshold, and the 2.25" of rain over the past 14 days (all of it in the last 7) has tripped the moisture trigger. No drought, and snowpack is irrelevant here at sea level. Every modeled species is rated high: oyster, chanterelle, chicken of the woods, lion's mane, honey mushroom, and indigo milk cap, plus stinkhorns (Ravenel's and elegant). The model also flags Golden Teacher and Yellow-Gilled Gym, but I'd skip those and look for the mycorrhizal and wood-decay species that fit the habitat. The limiting factor is marginal moisture: soil VWC is 0.20 today against a 0.17 seven-day average, so a single rain pulse is carrying this. If no follow-up rain arrives, flushes will stall and the soil will dry out fast in this heat. Watch the forecast for another half-inch or more in the next 3-5 days. That would sustain the flush, while a dry stretch would shut down the mycorrhizal species (chanterelle, indigo milk cap) first and leave wood-rotters on moisture-retentive logs going longer. Hot tip: Hit live oak and laurel oak hammocks with leaf litter and shaded, low-lying drainage edges for chanterelles and indigo milk caps, and check the base of stumps and standing hardwoods for chicken of the woods and honey mushrooms, since both hold moisture longer than open ground.

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.