New Phone for People Who Like Mushrooms, Hate Poisonings

fungi2.jpgForaging for mushrooms can be fun, but getting poisoned by the wrong species always ruins a nice afternoon. Researchers at the Hagenberg College in Austria have developed software that can identify which mushrooms are safe to eat and which are poisonous, just from a photograph. This means it could easily be run on a mobile phone with a camera, to create a handy tool for foragers. It’s not sure yet clear whether magic mushrooms have been placed in the safe or poisonous category – maybe that will be a user option. [Metro]

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    aaron

    Friday, October 7, 2011 at 9:43 PM

    hey was just wondering what sort of mushroom are in the picture thank you

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    Winters

    Saturday, May 5, 2012 at 3:45 AM

    Coprinellus sp. (maybe Coprinellus disseminatus)

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