Shroomify - USA Mushroom ID

Foragers Friend

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About this app

Identify Fungi Fast with Shroomify. A must for mushroom identification.

Mushroom ID made easy, by selecting the characteristics of the fungi you would like to identify the in-app algorithms work out the most likely matches.

You can also view the 'Top 20' of the month which lists all the common Fungi you can find in the month you are in.

If you are a keen mushroom forager / hunter then there's lots of useful info, including the edibility of all mushrooms listed and a list of good edible mushrooms that grow in your country.

The app comes pre-loaded with over 400 common Fungi and over 1000 images.

When you open the app your position is used to load a relevant dataset to show just the mushrooms that occur in your country or region. Graphs and country ranking are also shown for each individual fungi to help you see how common it is and when in the year it is most common.

Ratings and reviews

Needs a 'back' button. I like the small illustrations on the different filter choices. However, as a newbie I don't have an eye for it and many characteristics, like color, seem to fit somewhere between 2 or 3 of the possible options. Therefore, I'd often like to go back and change my filter, but cannot, and have to start over which gets annoying.

I love this app as a supplement to other guides, but it could definitely use some improvements! Namely: a way to suggest them that isn't in the reviews. It appears we found some Alpine Jelly Cone in the PNW (Duvall area), but I wasn't able to find any kind of entry for the Alpine Jelly Cone - even when I expanded my search. There's a lot of different types of mushrooms so I understand it's unlikely for an app to have ALL of them, but it would be nice to be able to suggest ones to add. 5 Stars because it's worked well even when backpacking/camping, and it is sufficiently informative without being too much information. I've recommended it to my friends and would recommend it to anyone!

One of the best ID apps out there. I like that it lets you choose as many different features as you can find on your specimen, or skip those you can't determine. It gives you suggestions based on your location and time of year so you don't have to sort through unrealistic ID possibilities. Also a bonus is the reasonable one-time fee for the premium version. I'm grateful that some developers haven't succumbed to the subscription model.

What’s new

Fixed bug for German observations and improved mushroom ranking