Mushroom Identify - Automatic

A Google user

6 years ago

I'm still checking, but my first impression is that this is a powerful and extremely effective app. It's easy to use and may help identify new or undiscovered mushroom species. Additional information, latin names, growing tips and habitats of the shrooms would be a great help to newbie shroom hunters, the ones who don't have access to razor back truffle hounds.

A Google user

6 years ago

I imagine this app is a labor of love and appreciate that it exists to help me identify my mushrooms. Even if it may be incorrect and collecting more data to learn, i still find it helpful. It gives me the mushroom vocabulary to search and learn on other academic sites, too. It's easy enough to use, even when it gets glitchy.

Andrew Hutzel

2 years ago

I like this app quite a lot. I had it years ago and now it is remarkable, I like the interface and the identification from pictures is the best I've seen. One suggestion is to show percentage confidence for those picture identifications, that is really useful with machine learning results.

Crystal Thomes

5 years ago

I was looking for an app similar to iNaturalist to use at my workplace for help with identification. I figured I'd give this a try as it had a lot of downloads and high rating.The overall ascetic could definitely use some work. Seems very bland and dull. Other than that, the recognition system itself could use some tweaking. I imputed a type of coral fungus and was presented with over 75% of cap and stem species. Great idea but needs a lot of work for sure.

Joseph Baca

4 years ago

With the help of this very easy to navigate app in the last 2 years downloading it and using it as my "go to" I have learned a treasure trove of detailed and very well photographed information and because of this one app i have grown from a one month out of an entire year "morels in season" enthusiast ; with one single kind of fungii to locate and harvest (if you're lucky) very well informed mushroom hunter and now I can storage *year round* with confidence . Thank you

Scott Lavallee

1 year ago

I have been using the app for at least a year and I think that it is really great and is typically very accurate. Of course picture quality matters as lighting and focus can obscure features making things harder to ID. I really like that the app asks questions regarding features of the mushroom to aid the accuracy. Kudos to the developer! Great job.

Jake Chambers

3 years ago

I was skeptical about it being a picture ID system, but I think they nailed the way to do it. Adding information about the stem and the gill/pore type is an excellent way to narrow the choices. Also, having a long list of similar types makes the chance of a good identification much better. My only suggestion would be to narrow choices by location (not gps location)

Jayson Rowan

4 years ago

It's findings aren't always 100% accurate but it's pretty good! And, if it's wrong, you usually find the correct species in it's list of look-alikes! Been using the app for quite some time now. It's like going to a friend who knows a lot about mushrooms but like anybody, isn't perfect. And that's okay because the app itself tells you to double check it's identifications with a professional as the creator(s) know it's not perfect. And that my friends, is respectable..

A Google user

6 years ago

Quite handy. I'm having an issue adding identified mushrooms to the map. The ones I've identified are not available on the map list and when I try to attach pictures, it just thinks and never adds it. I also wish the identifier portion would include info on the mushroom, not just pictures. Other than those small issues it's been accurate in identifying what I've found in my yard. After identification, users should be able to add information to the database that's missing.

Paul Helfenstein

3 years ago

I've been collecting wild mushrooms for 30 years but I haven't tried an automated identification app before. I tested it on a series of fresh mushrooms that I was certain of. Despite being in the beta stage the photo identifier worked every time. This especially amazed me because there was no reference ruler or size scale in the photos. Nice app!

A Google user

6 years ago

The app was working alright for the first week I got it, very minimal to no ads whatsoever. Now I subscribed for a yearly membership and I have been unable to register or even make an I.D.; error: "connection to internet lost" I uninstalled and reinstall the app I've cleared my phones cache data and I am able to use the internet with other apps please fix!!

A Google user

6 years ago

The Mushroom Identification [by photo] feature is still in Beta, but it does an impressive job (which is not always correct, but again, it's still in Beta, so that's expected). All-in-all, it has GREAT promise & potential, and I look forward to participating in the evolution of this app as it grows and matures. Great job!

Keith Walker

2 years ago

So far hasn't been the most accurate. Seems like it gets fairly close, which they specify is the case in the app, so no big deal. What I really don't like is that if you choose to take a picture of a mushroom you've found, it doesn't save the picture or give you any kind of history of what you've searched. If you don't take it with your regular camera, that information is just gone.

NiHilistAnT N/A

2 years ago

This app has been 100% free to use... Mycologys been an interest for around 30 years to me. However, identifying ageric bodies (mushroom) has always seemed a bit daunting and scary. After taking a short time to learn the most basic anatomy of the fruiting organ, and with this app, I now realize the fear was silly. I find the app to be accurate and easy-to-use. Also, I love being aware and close to the Fungi kingdom, without being part of it (at least not yet!). Thanks Devs and participants.

marcusarilus187 Pax

5 years ago

Suggesting a species for someone, the text is to small. I often select one I dont want to, and I cant change it. Add a may be not just yes or no. Lack of edible mushrooms as well. Give instructions to people taking pictures to show a picture of the substrate and or tree it is found on. A lot of bad pictures. Bring back the market place that was cool. Make the quiz harder.

A Google user

5 years ago

Edit 5/28/20, After the most recent update it still crashes after scanning. Camera doesn't work after scanning and then selecting other options to improve accuracy. Used to love this app. Even gave it a high rating before. I have a new phone and it still crashes more than it works. The scanning always causes a crash. Had this app for a year now... frustrating. Not uninstalling because I'm hoping for a patch that fixes it.

A Google user

6 years ago

I was able to successfully identify a mushroom ONE time. Each successive time, the page would just never load other than asking me to rate the app. Rating the app after only one use seems a little thirsty, yet I did so, thinking that my not doing so yet was keeping me from being able to use the app. Didn't make any difference, though. In addition, because I used the app when I was on the road, that location is now locked in, and I can't change it. I've clicked on just about everything to no avail. At this point, I'm not particularly happy with this app... Update: after wasting entirely too much time on this, trying to make it work, I'm just thoroughly disgusted, and I'm uninstalling this useless POS!