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K-dubs
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Another ID app…
#26923739 - 09/07/20 08:12 PM (3 years, 5 months ago) |
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So I’ve seen some of the discussion about apps and their unreliability on this board so I know not to trust the identification immediately that I get from my apps. I have tried a few different ones, but I’ve been using one lately that seems pretty decent. It’s called Picture Mushroom. Has anyone else check this out and what was your experience? Am I just being fooled that it’s actually good? When I cross checked the IDs they all seem to be legitimate. Are there others that are better?
The information is sometimes wrong – they will for example say some thing is psychoactive when it’s not, even when correctly identifying the mushroom. (I would definitely double check on a forum like this before doing anything with any of my finds, but I just wanted to see if anyone else had thoughts on this one.) Technology is rapidly evolving so maybe there is some kind of hope for better identification apps than even a few years ago.
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MentalPariah
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Re: Another ID app… [Re: K-dubs]
#26923757 - 09/07/20 08:24 PM (3 years, 5 months ago) |
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Here's my 2 cents on ID apps... i wouldn't trust it with my life. I've seen sooooooo many wrong IDs in the local to me identification FB page, that said, they are somewhat useful for an on-the-spot point in a decent direction. Don't consume anything that a phone app says is edible without confirming....then reconfirming....then getting a third opinion. You wanna use it thats fine but use it cautiously.
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HSapiensAmericanus
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Quote:
MentalPariah said: Here's my 2 cents on ID apps... i wouldn't trust it with my life. I've seen sooooooo many wrong IDs in the local to me identification FB page, that said, they are somewhat useful for an on-the-spot point in a decent direction. Don't consume anything that a phone app says is edible without confirming....then reconfirming....then getting a third opinion. You wanna use it thats fine but use it cautiously.
I’ll second that. I often use iNaturalist and it can get close but I would never really trust its suggestions. The best resource I’ve been lucky to find for quick ID’s is my local mycologist society’s email DL (distribution list) that I can just email pictures too. They’re knowledgeable about what’s in my region and the only people who have access to the DL are veteran members who would easily qualify as TI’s here, some might be...
Find your local mycological society and see if they have an email for ID’s.
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K-dubs
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That pretty much sums up how I have been using them – just to get me in the general direction if I am not sure. Then I look at guides or do some googling to take it a step further. And yeah I would definitely confirm either here or elsewhere with actual people before consuming anything. I feel like in this day and age they should be better but I guess it’s still gonna take some time-or maybe they will never be that great!
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Thanks for the suggestions – I will definitely check those out!
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