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Western Maine Foraging Conditions — ForageIQ

Western Maine

White Mountain NF (Maine portion) and surrounding western Maine highlands. Northern hardwood forest with sugar maple, beech, yellow birch, and paper birch. Old farmstead clearings and stone walls mark productive morel ground. Grafton Notch and Evans Notch areas. Higher elevations push morel season to late May-early June. Chanterelles in Jul-Aug under birch and hemlock. Black bears common — hang food properly.

Trees:Sugar Maple Yellow Birch Red Spruce

Updated Jul 13, 4:12 AM MT

AI Conditions Report

AI-generated · verify in field

**Western Maine S-Tier—Peak Summer Flush Window** You're sitting in a rare sweet spot: sustained soil warmth (62°F holding steady for a week), adequate volumetric water content (0.15 VWC maintained), and zero drought stress. This is why 62 species are lighting up at high viability—nearly everything in the temperate wood inventory triggers simultaneously under these conditions. The bolete run (Frost's, Aspen, Birch, Two-Colored) is live right now, and the wood-decay polypores (Artist's Conk, Birch Polypore, Tinder Fungus) are flush-ready across all elevations. Your only real constraint is moderate desiccation risk—don't sleep on this window; it'll tighten if temps spike and rain doesn't follow in the next 48–72 hours. The limiting factor is moisture sustainability over the next week, not today's conditions. With only 0.73" in seven days, you're at the minimum threshold; one dry spell and the VWC drops below fruiting triggers for the more finicky species. Hot tip: Hit north-facing hardwood stands at dawn—cooler microclimates and morning dew will keep fruiting bodies turgid longer than south-facing slopes in this heat.

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(3)

Bemis Stream Campsite

backcountry

~4 mi from center

Rangeley Lake Campground

developed

~7.3 mi from center

Black Brook campsite

backcountry

~8.9 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

Frost's Bolete

All conditions met (soil 62°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.15 VWC, 7d avg 0.16)

HIGHPrimed

Chicken of the Woods

All conditions met (soil 62°F, sustained 6/7 days above threshold, today 0.15 VWC, 7d avg 0.16)

MODERATEActivating

Black Trumpet

soil temp marginal (62°F vs 62°F min, 4/7 days above), today 0.15 VWC, 7d avg 0.16

HIGHPrimed

Wine Cap

All conditions met (soil 62°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.15 VWC, 7d avg 0.16)

HIGHPrimed

Giant Puffball

All conditions met (soil 62°F, sustained 6/7 days above threshold, today 0.15 VWC, 7d avg 0.16)

HIGHPrimed

Reishi

All conditions met (soil 62°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.15 VWC, 7d avg 0.16)

HIGHPrimed

Turkey Tail

All conditions met (soil 62°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.15 VWC, 7d avg 0.16)

HIGHPrimed

Witch's Butter

All conditions met (soil 62°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.15 VWC, 7d avg 0.16)

HIGHPrimed

Aspen Bolete

All conditions met (soil 62°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.15 VWC, 7d avg 0.16)

HIGHPrimed

Indigo Milk Cap

All conditions met (soil 62°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.15 VWC, 7d avg 0.16)

HIGHPrimed

Chaga

All conditions met (soil 62°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.15 VWC, 7d avg 0.16)

HIGHPrimed

Crown-Tipped Coral

All conditions met (soil 62°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.15 VWC, 7d avg 0.16)

HIGHPrimed

Jelly Ear

All conditions met (soil 62°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.15 VWC, 7d avg 0.16)

HIGHPrimed

Panther Cap

All conditions met (soil 62°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.15 VWC, 7d avg 0.16)

HIGHPrimed

Dead Man's Fingers

All conditions met (soil 62°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.15 VWC, 7d avg 0.16)

HIGHPrimed

Birch Bolete

All conditions met (soil 62°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.15 VWC, 7d avg 0.16)

HIGHPrimed

Parasol Mushroom

All conditions met (soil 62°F, sustained 6/7 days above threshold, today 0.15 VWC, 7d avg 0.16)

HIGHPrimed

Shaggy Parasol

All conditions met (soil 62°F, sustained 6/7 days above threshold, today 0.15 VWC, 7d avg 0.16)

HIGHPrimed

Fairy Ring Champignon

All conditions met (soil 62°F, sustained 6/7 days above threshold, today 0.15 VWC, 7d avg 0.16)

HIGHPrimed

Artist's Conk

All conditions met (soil 62°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.15 VWC, 7d avg 0.16)

HIGHPrimed

Birch Polypore

All conditions met (soil 62°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.15 VWC, 7d avg 0.16)

HIGHPrimed

Tinder Fungus

All conditions met (soil 62°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.15 VWC, 7d avg 0.16)

HIGHPrimed

Bird's Nest Fungus

All conditions met (soil 62°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.15 VWC, 7d avg 0.16)

HIGHPrimed

Cinnabar Chanterelle

All conditions met (soil 62°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.15 VWC, 7d avg 0.16)

HIGHPrimed

Berkeley's Polypore

All conditions met (soil 62°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.15 VWC, 7d avg 0.16)

HIGHPrimed

Red-Capped Scaber Stalk

All conditions met (soil 62°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.15 VWC, 7d avg 0.16)

HIGHPrimed

Old Man of the Woods

All conditions met (soil 62°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.15 VWC, 7d avg 0.16)

HIGHPrimed

Horse Mushroom

All conditions met (soil 62°F, sustained 6/7 days above threshold, today 0.15 VWC, 7d avg 0.16)

HIGHPrimed

Mica Cap

All conditions met (soil 62°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.15 VWC, 7d avg 0.16)

HIGHPrimed

Two-Colored Bolete

All conditions met (soil 62°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.15 VWC, 7d avg 0.16)

HIGHPrimed

Smooth Chanterelle

All conditions met (soil 62°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.15 VWC, 7d avg 0.16)

HIGHPrimed

Caesar's Amanita

All conditions met (soil 62°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.15 VWC, 7d avg 0.16)

HIGHPrimed

The Prince

All conditions met (soil 62°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.15 VWC, 7d avg 0.16)

HIGHPrimed

Weeping Milk Cap

All conditions met (soil 62°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.15 VWC, 7d avg 0.16)

HIGHPrimed

Green-Gill Lepiota

All conditions met (soil 62°F, sustained 6/7 days above threshold, today 0.15 VWC, 7d avg 0.16)

HIGHPrimed

Bitter Bolete

All conditions met (soil 62°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.15 VWC, 7d avg 0.16)

HIGHPrimed

Chicken-Fat Bolete

All conditions met (soil 62°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.15 VWC, 7d avg 0.16)

HIGHPrimed

The Sickener

All conditions met (soil 62°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.15 VWC, 7d avg 0.16)

HIGHPrimed

Green Cracked Russula

All conditions met (soil 62°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.15 VWC, 7d avg 0.16)

HIGHPrimed

Peppery Milk Cap

All conditions met (soil 62°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.15 VWC, 7d avg 0.16)

HIGHPrimed

Coker's Amanita

All conditions met (soil 62°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.15 VWC, 7d avg 0.16)

HIGHPrimed

Fool's Mushroom

All conditions met (soil 62°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.15 VWC, 7d avg 0.16)

HIGHPrimed

Alcohol Inky

All conditions met (soil 62°F, sustained 6/7 days above threshold, today 0.15 VWC, 7d avg 0.16)

HIGHPrimed

Fairy Inkcap

All conditions met (soil 62°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.15 VWC, 7d avg 0.16)

HIGHPrimed

Yellow-Stainer

All conditions met (soil 62°F, sustained 6/7 days above threshold, today 0.15 VWC, 7d avg 0.16)

HIGHPrimed

Red-Belted Conk

All conditions met (soil 62°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.15 VWC, 7d avg 0.16)

HIGHPrimed

Thin-Walled Maze Polypore

All conditions met (soil 62°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.15 VWC, 7d avg 0.16)

HIGHPrimed

Mossy Maze Polypore

All conditions met (soil 62°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.15 VWC, 7d avg 0.16)

HIGHPrimed

False Turkey Tail

All conditions met (soil 62°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.15 VWC, 7d avg 0.16)

HIGHPrimed

Northern Tooth

All conditions met (soil 62°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.15 VWC, 7d avg 0.16)

HIGHPrimed

Snow Fungus

All conditions met (soil 62°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.15 VWC, 7d avg 0.16)

HIGHPrimed

Wood Ear

All conditions met (soil 62°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.15 VWC, 7d avg 0.16)

HIGHPrimed

Green Elfcup

All conditions met (soil 62°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.15 VWC, 7d avg 0.16)

HIGHPrimed

Ivory Funnel

All conditions met (soil 62°F, sustained 6/7 days above threshold, today 0.15 VWC, 7d avg 0.16)

HIGHPrimed

Aspen Oyster

All conditions met (soil 62°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.15 VWC, 7d avg 0.16)

HIGHPrimed

Wolf's Milk Slime

All conditions met (soil 62°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.15 VWC, 7d avg 0.16)

HIGHPrimed

Dog Vomit Slime Mold

All conditions met (soil 62°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.15 VWC, 7d avg 0.16)

HIGHPrimed

Fluted Bird's Nest

All conditions met (soil 62°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.15 VWC, 7d avg 0.16)

HIGHPrimed

King Alfred's Cakes

All conditions met (soil 62°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.15 VWC, 7d avg 0.16)

HIGHPrimed

Scaly Wood Mushroom

All conditions met (soil 62°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.15 VWC, 7d avg 0.16)

HIGHPrimed

Dung Bird's Nest

All conditions met (soil 62°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.15 VWC, 7d avg 0.16)

HIGHPrimed

Oak Mazegill

All conditions met (soil 62°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.15 VWC, 7d avg 0.16)

HIGHPrimed

Ravenel's Stinkhorn

All conditions met (soil 62°F, sustained 5/7 days above threshold, today 0.15 VWC, 7d avg 0.16)

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.

Western Maine

AI Conditions Report

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Nearby Camping

Bemis Stream Campsite

Rangeley Lake Campground

Black Brook campsite

Viable Species

Limiting Factors