I think identifying mushrooms with these apps is a fool’s errand at this point. They are almost always wrong, unless it’s something very obvious and distinctive.
Well maybe your experience has been different from mine but the suggestions I get are usually very wrong. You can absolutely use it as a jumping off point for further research and verification but I am wary of people thinking that these apps are at all accurate for mushrooms. There was just an article of a guy who ate destroying angels because his app ID’d them as giant puffballs. This is not a level of accuracy that I can endorse when the consequences can be life or death.
Seek specifically has a warning as soon as you open the camera to start an identification. I personally would not trust it enough for consumption even without the warning.
25 years ago I made an AI Neural Network to identify mushrooms, at the end of the project I came to the conclusion it was necessary to dissect mushrooms and ask questions regarding smell and texture to identify correctly, and even then the possibility of error made the program unethical to produce. I’m so glad AI is being used responsibly a quarter of a century later.
Looks like a False Parasol in my eyes, though remote ID is a bit hard of course.
Why? The edible Parasol is usually brown with a dark brown underside, has flakes at the cap and stem, and the ring is detachable.
But don’t trust my impression alone please, I’m no ID expert!
Don’t verify based on the ring. Can’t see, but a snake skin pattern on the stem is a good indicator of an edible. Never trust an internet ID though. Find a knowledgeable person who can see, feel and smell it first hand.
Yeah I don’t plan to risk it. I also rubbed the gills on a paper towel and it stained it green, so I’m pretty sure at this point that it’s a green-spored parasol / vomiter.
I personally didn’t use a grow kit yet, because I cultivate them myself.
I think if you buy them once in a while it’s a neat little hobby and a lot of fun.
I’ve had a lot of frustration in the beginning until I had a clue what I did (sometimes, even today I don’t know what I do!).
If you want to skip all the pain and let pros do the hard work you get rewarded with fantastic mushrooms.
Getting a pre-made grow bag that you only have to slice up is great, do that if you want to try it out.
If you find it a rewarding hobby, consider doing the work yourself and enjoy super rare mushrooms for ~2€ a bag. The only expensive investment you’ll need is a pressure cooker. The rest is super cheap and freely available.
You can also skip the sterile work environment and buy some grain spawn, and put that into reusable plastic buckets. Bucket tek is a valid method for sturdy strains, like oysters.
You don’t need much expensive equipment. I spent like 25 bucks for my first grow setup, which consisted of a heavy duty shelf, a plastic bag and spray bottle.
I upgraded it later with a terrarium fogger, and even later a humidity trigger and an old PC fan.
Looks like shit, but works and is cheap.
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