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A comment on I Survived the “Destroying Angel” (2006).

Re:I Survived the “Destroying Angel” (2006) by dannykwells on Friday October 18, 2019 @02:04AM (#21289044)
Is there an app for mushroom ID? Seems like a no brainer now-a-days. Foraging is coming back with the kids. Could probably raise 80M from it, especially if you invent a social networking aspect around foraging.
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Re:I Survived the “Destroying Angel” (2006) by Grangar on Friday October 18, 2019 @04:25AM (#21289574)
Would you really want people to blindly trust that? Like the posted article image recognition might falsely consider a deadly mushroom to be harmless, suddenly you've got potential deaths on your hands.
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Re:I Survived the “Destroying Angel” (2006) by workmandan on Friday October 18, 2019 @05:08AM (#21289799)
There are apps but you should not use them as they are dangerously inaccurate. Mushroom identification requires numerous different factors that a simple photograph would not be sufficient for a positive id.
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Re:I Survived the “Destroying Angel” (2006) by AlphaGeekZulu on Friday October 18, 2019 @04:19AM (#21289551)
If geographical spots for mushroom foraging find their way into social media, there will be no mushrooms in the forests next year.

Mushroom foraging is actually a pretty secretive thing – for a reason!

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