A real find for mushroom pickers!
The “Mushrooms” application for iPhone and iPad received an upgrade in the form of image recognition based on Artificial Intelligence - AI. At the same time, AI itself, as a “mushroom picker’s assistant,” was subjected to hurricane criticism from mycologists, who declared the technology the deadliest since the invention of the smartphone. The developers of the “mushroom” neural network ask you to remain calm.
How to use a mushroom identifier
To use the determinant, you need to select the properties of the mushroom from the list, based on its external characteristics.
Take a closer look at the structure of the mushroom, each of its parts, and also pay attention to the place where this mushroom was found. The results of the selected filters will be immediately displayed at the bottom of the page. Alternatively, you can read the selected property by clicking the question mark to the right of the drop-down windows. Be careful, there may be errors in the guide; use the manual at your own peril and risk. The gribnikoff.ru mushroom catalog is not responsible for the actions you take based on the data and information obtained in the gribnikoff.ru directory.
The fruiting body of the mushroom is the so-called reproductive part of the body. In cap mushrooms, the fruiting body consists of a cap, a stem and a hymenophore. Knowledge and ability to distinguish the structure and characteristics of all types of fruiting bodies will be useful to any mushroom picker. Such knowledge will help you correctly and most accurately identify mushrooms when harvesting.
Yandex Alice
Alice is a smart voice assistant from the large company Yandex. He can do a lot: tell children's stories, play different games with you, turn on music. But the most important thing for us is that Alice will be able to determine which mushroom is in front of you.
To start using it, follow these steps:
- To do this, you will need a purple icon in Yandex Browser;
- Next you need to write or say: “Alice, identified by photo”;
- After this, you need to upload a photo from your device by clicking on the camera icon in the chat with Alice, or take a photo of the mushroom;
- The voice assistant will provide all the results found, and you can find out what kind of mushroom is in front of you.
Through the Mushroom application
The Fungus app can be installed on your smartphone. Works with artificial intelligence and neural networks. Thanks to these features, your mushroom can be easily identified by its image.
The app currently contains information about 13,000 mushrooms. Your entire search history is automatically saved in the app, so you'll always have this information at your fingertips. An Internet connection is required to use the program. In order to determine the type of mushroom using it, you need to upload a good quality photo and wait for the result. How to use it:
- First install the app from Google Play;
- Secondly, choose how you want to upload your photo. Take a photo right away or choose from the gallery if you are already at home;
- Wait for the scan result;
- Now you can get all the necessary information.
How to distinguish edible mushrooms from false ones
It is very easy to confuse real honey mushrooms with false ones, since both types of mushrooms grow in groups in the same places - on stumps, fallen trees and protruding roots. The edible appearance of these wonderful mushrooms is distinguished from their numerous inedible “brothers” primarily by the “skirt” on the stem. It seems to connect the cap with the stem. Poisonous mushrooms do not have it. The hat also says a lot. Firstly, in real mushrooms it is lamellar. Secondly, edible honey mushrooms will have scales on their caps. In addition, false honey mushrooms often have an unpleasant odor and a brighter color.
Applications for identifying mushrooms with instructions
Ready-made applications or Internet sites quickly analyze data, but require Internet access on a smartphone. To quickly search for information and prevent mushroom pickers from being distracted by their phones, they first collect mushrooms and conduct analysis at home. However, if the connection on your band is stable and does not drop out in the forest, you can use your smartphone right before cutting the mushroom. Everyone independently chooses the appropriate option.
Fungus application
For the fastest possible recognition, you should download the application to your smartphone before entering the forest. Its work is based on the principle of artificial intelligence. Today, the database stores information about more than 13 thousand varieties. The entire search history is saved automatically, which means that the information remains available for the entire period of use.
The program requires a stable Internet connection to operate, and the algorithm of actions is as follows:
- Install the application on your phone
- upload an image from the gallery or take a photo on site;
- the application will perform the analysis and provide data about the find.
Application "For mushrooms"
The encyclopedia includes information about more than 200 common species growing in Russia and neighboring countries. The entire interface is made in Russian and is intuitive to the user. To work, you must ensure stable Internet access.
A more detailed description will allow us to determine not only their preservation, but also the main places where they grow.
After starting the “camera” mode, a conditional outline of a mushroom appears on the screen, in which the “search” is located. The application will analyze the information and also show the percentage of reliability of the data provided.
As an additional feature, you can save mushroom meadows and share your search results with other users.
Mushroom Picker's Guide
The application cannot determine the view from a photograph, but it guarantees uninterrupted operation even without an Internet connection.
It contains information about where all types of mushrooms are grown, favorable times for harvesting, and also provides information about edibility and safety.
Adding images to your favorites gives you additional access to your calendar, so every walk in the woods is more effective based on the time of year and weather.
How to distinguish a poisonous mushroom from a non-poisonous one.
There are many articles on the Internet giving advice on how to distinguish edible and poisonous mushrooms from each other, but unfortunately they all do not work.
The safest way to identify an edible mushroom is to accurately identify it. If you are not sure and have even the slightest doubt about its edibility, do not add this mushroom to your cart.
You should not trust the mushroom pickers around you and ask them for advice, since experienced mushroom pickers are not professional mycologists and can easily make mistakes, trust only yourself.
Nevertheless, poisonous mushrooms often have some distinctive characteristics, but edible mushrooms can also have them; their presence should immediately alert the mushroom picker.
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Using these signs, if you have a reference book, you can more accurately distinguish what kind of mushroom is in front of you:
- Warts or scales on the mushroom cap - also found on edible mushrooms, but more often present on poisonous ones;
- Cap Shape - Most edible mushrooms have convex caps, and some edible mushrooms, such as chanterelle mushrooms, have concave, wavy, or even tubular caps. Poisonous species often have flattened caps, but can also be convex and distorted in shape.
- Many stalks of poisonous mushrooms have a vulva at their base and grow from it, for example fly agarics, but it can be located underground; the base of edible mushrooms is most often quite narrow and not thick.
- Poisonous mushrooms can be identified by the color of the spores; just place the cap on a sheet of white paper, and after a couple of hours there will be mushroom spores on it. By the color of these spores and the reference book, you can more accurately identify the mushroom, since this data is always indicated in the identification guide.
- Edible agaric mushrooms often have plates on the cap that are firmly attached to it; when the stem is removed, they do not come off. In poisonous mushrooms, the opposite often happens: when the stem is torn off, the plates remain on it and are torn off from the cap.
- Very often, in edible mushrooms, the tubular or lamellar layer of the cap or on the mushroom cut changes its color depending on the age of the mushroom or after cutting or damage; in poisonous mushrooms, on the contrary, the plates and cut are almost always the same color, regardless of age. It is necessary to refer to reference books for identification.
- Some both poisonous and edible mushrooms have a distinctive feature - a smell unique to this species. For example, the poisonous yellow-skinned champignon has the smell of almonds, and the edible garlic mushroom has the smell of garlic. A pleasant or unpleasant mushroom smell is not an indicator of edibility.
- Time of year and type of area, most mushrooms only grow at certain times of the year. For example, strings grow only in spring, while the common poisonous string grows mainly in burnt coniferous forests and sandy soils, and the giant edible string grows in deciduous ones. At the same time, the autumn line is found in the fall, and is a poisonous mushroom, for this reason any line found in the forest in the fall should be considered dangerous.
Please note that all these signs are inherent in both edible and poisonous mushrooms, and their presence only indicates that the identification of the mushroom should be taken more carefully.
White toadstool, or Amanita muscaria, is a stinking, deadly mushroom, but at the same time it is actively eaten by various insects and mollusks
Google Lens
Technologies are rapidly developing every year, and opportunities are expanding. It works with artificial intelligence, which can recognize any object in a photo in real time. The app uses your location, so the final result will be more accurate based on your geographic location.
To recognize an object of interest, we need to go to Google Photos, select the “Snapshot” button and click the icon with the target. You can take a photo in real time, or you can download one that is already on your smartphone.
You should not wait more than a minute, as the application will already provide the finished result.
Sources
- https://gribnikoff.ru/opredelitel-gribov/
- https://games-instel.ru/kak-opredelit-grib-po-foto-onlajn/
- https://Grib.expert/spravochnik/gribnye-mesta/opredelit-grib-po-foto
How to find out what kind of mushroom is online on PC
In order to find out exactly through the computer which mushroom you are currently holding in your hand from the photo, open the website Gribnikoff.ru/opredelitel-gribov/.
This tool identifies mushrooms based on species parameters. You need to carefully examine the mushroom and give some answers about its parameters. For example, what color is the cap, stem, internal structure (the flesh under the cap), etc.
Even though some of the words in the questions may not be familiar to you, you can choose ready-made answers from the list. Before you start entering mushroom parameters, read the instructions on how to use the form.
Indicate in the form where you found the mushroom and select other options. After which you will be prompted to go to the results. And if you don’t understand any of the questions at all, you can use the hint by clicking on the green button. Do not enter all parameters at once. Try to enter only those that are clearly expressed in the mushroom. You will see a “Go to results” button that you need to click.
The results will appear on the screen in a narrow window. From there you can select links to description pages related to the mushroom that interests you.
There is also an example picture of this type in the block. The site also has many articles on this topic, mushroom recipes, types on the list, and a section for communication between mushroom pickers.
