Mushroom: Scientists concerned over 'potentially deadly' fungus identification app

A photo recognition app designed to help foragers identify wild mushrooms has been condemned by scientists as "potentially deadly". Mushroom – the new mobile app – uses photographic and artificial intelligence in an attempt to distinguish between different mushroom varieties in the wild, but some scientists are concerned over the app's accuracy. According to mycologists (those who study fungi) and seasoned foragers, it isn't always easy to tell poisonous and edible varieties apart without close inspection. "I can photograph and Agaicus campestris" said expert forager, Cab Davidson via Twitter, "they're indistinguishable. Environmental scientist, Grant Williamson added to the Twitter debate by calling Mushroom, "the most potentially deadly app I've ever seen."