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No, machine learning to identify the fungi is the problem: > So he did what he thought was the responsible thing: he used the plant identification app on his p
by _whiteCaps_ 4y ago
No, machine learning to identify the fungi is the problem:
> So he did what he thought was the responsible thing: he used the plant identification app on his phone to determine the species of mushroom.
I consider myself a beginner at foraging wild mushrooms, and even I can tell that the apps are laughably bad at identifying them.
- sva_ 4y agoI think they can give you a first idea of what you should be searching for, if you find a specimen you have no name for. From there on you'll have to figure out what is similar, edible, and grows in your area; and in particular, how the edible ones are different from inedible/poisonous ones. It is usually just a few. I can't fathom eating some wild fungi without doing this kind of due diligence, blindly trusting an app.