So one day my grandma and me were outside and we found these mushrooms and we didn’t know if they were safe or anything because my dog was also also outside and he could reach them with this chain so cause we have to put them on a leash because he runs away and we were outside, and I scanned it and the mushroom it was very very poisonous and it really helped me and my grandma know if it was safe or not because we were originally growing edible mushrooms and we didn’t know if it was toxic or not because it wasn’t in the mushroom the edible mushroom area so it really helped us and we got our dog away from it And we didn’t touch it and then one day I was just gone. We didn’t know what happened to it. It’s just gone. It’s really really really good app you should get it if I could and if I knew how to give it a 4 1/2 stars I would say the only reason I would give it that thing that review is because every mushroom I click on that says it said bullet says do not touch or do not eat. I don’t know why or is it just the curse of this app I don’t know anyways, you should get this app. It’s really good that really helped me and my grandma out to get our dog away from it. It’s a nice app you really should get it. Thank you for reading this.

The app has been so interesting in helping me to know the different types of mushrooms popping up in my yard and surrounding area. It gives information and additional pictures of the mushrooms and lets me know the possible effects. This was particularly helpful since my puppy was intent on eating whatever he could get in his mouth! I didn’t want to disturb the mushroom ecology any more than necessary but wanted to get toxic mushrooms out of his way. This helped a lot with identification and knowing what to move. I wish I had enabled offline identification before going to the mountains since I found a lot of mushrooms there but have since enabled it and will give it a try!Another nice feature of the app is that it saves on date order all the mushrooms you have identified with pictures and information including date and location. Any questions, you can go back and look! I like it a lot!

For those people saying ‘It’s not free!’ the pop up for the trial will happen every time you open it, but there’s a grey, hard to see ‘cancel’ at the top which lets you use the app for free with no trial. To cancel any subscription if you did accidentally sign up…you go to your phone settings, click your Apple ID at the top, and there’s a tab that says ‘subscriptions’ that allows you to cancel any apps you’ve paid for. You’re welcome. My issues with the app itself: somehow the heatmap is gone for me. Don’t know if that is not part of the free version anymore or something, but it was very helpful to seeing where in the world the mushroom was. The last few months I’m getting lots of suggestions for mushrooms that are nowhere near where my location is. If you’re gonna use my location data, at least have it help ID things. Also…the camera doesn’t want to focus while the app is open anymore, so I’m having to take photos out of the app and import them. Otherwise this app is super helpful for getting a ballpark ID on mushrooms and has been very accurate for some of them when I had little to go on. Always take them home and double check with spore prints and a good field guide, especially if you’re gonna eat them.

cross referencing with other sources is always essential when identifying anything in the wild. I’m not sure if the folks who wrote poor reviews of this app because they ate mushrooms they misidentified did so before the “content feedback CAN NOT be used as any basis for EATING or TOUCHING...” disclaimer was added but, uh... it’s not the app’s fault you decided to cook and eat something you didn’t cross reference/know exactly what you were harvesting. They make it pretty clear. I’ve used the app as a starting point to confirm what I suspect something is and then I check with other sources and more experienced mycology enthusiasts. Only then will I ingest something. All of the mushrooms this app has been able to confirm are the edible varieties I thought they were have been delicious and safe because I’ve researched the characteristics and common climate of the mushrooms I’m searching for and cross reference when I do find specimen. I’ve found it to be generally accurate and it provides thorough information. That being said, I’m surprised that such a common edible mushroom as Cerioporus squamosus (Dryad’s saddle or pheasant back) isn’t even in the database of suggested corrections. Overall, it’s a helpful app but is not the end all be all of mushroom identification. There’s an absurd number of fungi in existence, some that have yet to be named/discovered. Obviously with so much variety, there’s no possible way to create an app that would be right every time or have every known species. I think it’s pretty awesome for what it is. But if you’re going to forage for wild edibles, never put all your shrooms in one basket when it comes to proper identification.