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White Clay Creek Foraging Conditions — ForageIQ

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White Clay Creek

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White Clay Creek SP and Brandywine Creek SP — Piedmont hardwood forest in northern DE. Beech, tulip poplar, oak, and hickory on rolling terrain. Spring morels in disturbed bottomland; chanterelles in oak-beech in summer. Suburban-fringe foraging for the Wilmington/Philadelphia area.

Trees:Tulip Poplar White Oak American Beech

Updated Jul 13, 4:15 AM MT

AI Conditions Report

AI-generated · verify in field

**White Clay Creek – S Tier: Peak Fruiting Window** This is a rare all-green condition across the board: 73°F soil, sustained above-threshold moisture for a full seven days (0.28 VWC 7-day average), and 3.65" rain in the last week keeping desiccation risk moderate rather than critical. Every major edible and medicinal species on the roster is live—chanterelles, boletes, oysters, chicken of the woods, the polypores. The lack of any real limiting factor (moderate desiccation is noise at this moisture level) explains the S tier. Focus your effort on the moisture-sensitive, fast-fruiting species first: chanterelles, puffballs, and Chicken of the Woods will pop hard over the next 48–72 hours before soil temps push toward mid-70s and trigger accelerated drying. The woody polypores (turkey tail, artist's conk, birch polypore) are slower movers and will hold through moderate desiccation, so backlog those for later in the week if needed. Zero limiting factor means zero excuses—conditions are textbook. Incoming dry spell is your only clock. **Hot tip:** Hit the sandy or well-drained micro-sites first; they'll fruit earliest and dry first, so reverse the usual priority and hunt high ground before low ground this season.

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(2)

Fair Hill NRMA Equestrian Campground

developed

~6 mi from center

Camp Country Center

developed

~6.2 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 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.27 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Chanterelle

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.27 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Chicken of the Woods

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.27 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Destroying Angel

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.27 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Wine Cap

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.27 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Giant Puffball

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.27 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Turkey Tail

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.27 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Witch's Butter

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.27 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Aspen Bolete

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.27 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Indigo Milk Cap

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.27 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Crown-Tipped Coral

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.27 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Jelly Ear

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.27 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Dead Man's Fingers

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.27 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Parasol Mushroom

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.27 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Shaggy Parasol

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.27 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Fairy Ring Champignon

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.27 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Artist's Conk

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.27 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Birch Polypore

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.27 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Tinder Fungus

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.27 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Bird's Nest Fungus

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.27 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Cinnabar Chanterelle

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.27 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Berkeley's Polypore

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.27 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Red-Capped Scaber Stalk

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.27 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Old Man of the Woods

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.27 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Frost's Bolete

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.27 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Horse Mushroom

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.27 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Mica Cap

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.27 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Two-Colored Bolete

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.27 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Smooth Chanterelle

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.27 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Blusher

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.27 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Caesar's Amanita

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.27 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Weeping Milk Cap

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.27 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Gem-Studded Puffball

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.27 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Green-Gill Lepiota

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.27 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Yellow Patches

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.27 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Cordyceps

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.27 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Bitter Bolete

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.27 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Green Cracked Russula

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.27 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Blackening Russula

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.27 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Peppery Milk Cap

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.27 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Grisette

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.27 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Coker's Amanita

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.27 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Fool's Mushroom

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.27 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Alcohol Inky

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.27 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Fairy Inkcap

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.27 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Yellow-Stainer

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.27 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Red-Belted Conk

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.27 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Thin-Walled Maze Polypore

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.27 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Mossy Maze Polypore

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.27 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

False Turkey Tail

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.27 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Northern Tooth

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.27 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Eyelash Cup

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.27 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Snow Fungus

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.27 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Wood Ear

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.27 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Crested Coral

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.27 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Green Elfcup

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.27 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Ivory Funnel

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.27 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Aspen Oyster

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.27 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Wolf's Milk Slime

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.27 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Dog Vomit Slime Mold

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.27 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Fluted Bird's Nest

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.27 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

King Alfred's Cakes

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.27 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Dung Bird's Nest

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.27 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Parasite Bolete

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.27 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Rooted Collybia

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.27 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

The Deceiver

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.27 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Oak Mazegill

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.27 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Ovoid-Spore Psilocybe

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.27 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Blue-Foot Psilocybe

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.27 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Banded Mottlegill

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.27 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Common Stinkhorn

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.27 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Ravenel's Stinkhorn

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.27 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Dune Stinkhorn

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.27 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Elegant Stinkhorn

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.27 VWC, 7d avg 0.28 — moisture sustained)

HIGHPrimed

Lantern Stinkhorn

All conditions met (soil 73°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.27 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.