What Reddit Says About Mushroom Identifier Apps

And I agree - I use Plant Net for plants, and sometimes it is very good; but having identified something, I’ll then go to other sources to know more about that plant and that helps to know if it’s right on point.

iNaturalist, & it’s other app Seek, are both nice; neither is all the great at Id’ing mushrooms, but iNaturalist does have a slightly better overall rate due to community involvement.

Both paid apps, but I like Rogers Mushrooms and the Audubon Field Guide for Mushrooms app. Both have search functions where you can input the characteristics, as well as lists by name and group.

Tbh, I'm just looking for a baseline identification system that is easy to use, so I can start my journey into mycology. Archived post. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. Share ... Use iNaturalist. Once you figure out how it works, it's the best. As long as your upload...

The iNaturalist algorithm is relatively good at narrowing things down to genus or family. Might get the species right for common, distinctive things but tends to suggest a handful of well known ones for a lot of similar looking things.

The Book of Mushrooms app is exclusively available for Android users. One of the best free mushroom identification apps, it can help you identify over 250 mushroom species and contains over 1400 mushroom photos.

Several of the Facebook ID pages are the best option in my opinion since they are frequented by expert mycologists. ... Lots of those people are here on reddit as well. ... For sure. I tend to notice more quality posts on several of the Facebook pages though. Sometimes it's also nice to know wh...

New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. Share ... iNaturalist is the best because you can get input from more experienced users, sometimes not though. Using an app for an ID can’t be your method of full identification.

I use Picture This and Picture Mushroom for plant and mushroom identification respectively. It’s important to keep in mind that the IDs provided by apps are just a starting point for research.

I want an app to help me identify magic mushroom so i have another way of fact checking it. Share ... Seek by iNat is the best but it still isn’t reliable. Just make sure you never trust what they say.

Shroomify is a good app but not the end all be all. You want a book regional to you with real references. And possibly a second identification guide. Even if a mushroom is edible , it might still have toxins that don’t mix with food or alcohol for several days.

Both are relevant but this on is app related, also there is one on AI written foraging books too if you want to seek that out though after the forst two youtube should recommend it to you. https://youtu.be/kwp_WEdJaEk?si=MxWAcI2Hav-VApSN ... I'd recommend shroomify, it asks you questions about ...

Mushroom idenitifcator and google lens are pretty good ... The macroscopic features of fungi are too inconsistent - apps can't handle them yet. ... Yea. The picture apps especially seem inconsistent. The ones like Shroomify which ask you to put in identification features can at least be a bit u...