Mushroom ID: Fungus Finder

Mushroom identifier for foragers. Photograph a wild mushroom to identify the species and see which poisonous mushrooms it resembles.

IDENTIFY WILD MUSHROOMS
Point your camera at a mushroom and this mushroom identifier reads the cap, the gills, the stem and the base to name the most likely species. Photograph the whole fungus including the stem base — that is where Amanita hides the volva that identifies it.

POISONOUS MUSHROOM WARNINGS
Every identification lists the toxic lookalikes. The death cap alone causes most fatal mushroom poisonings worldwide and closely resembles several species people deliberately pick.

WHAT THE MUSHROOM IDENTIFIER READS
• Cap shape, colour and texture
• Gill attachment and spacing
• Stem, ring and the volva at the base
• Habitat and substrate

FOR FORAGING, WITH LIMITS
This mushroom identifier narrows the field and tells you what to rule out. It cannot take a spore print, smell the specimen or hold it, and it will never tell you a wild mushroom is safe to eat. Verify with a mycologist or a local foraging group before eating any wild mushroom.

Covers common European and North American species.