Waldfund: Mushroom Identifier

LogicLoop Software Solutions

About this app

Waldfund is the mushroom identifier for Central and Northern Europe: identify & recognize mushrooms by photo, learn safely and find your best foraging spots again. Everything works offline, even deep in the forest without signal.

IDENTIFY MUSHROOMS BY PHOTO
Tap the camera area, fit the mushroom in the frame and take the photo. Mushroom identification runs right on your phone and takes just a moment. Waldfund recognises over 210 species of fungi, from porcini, chanterelle and bay bolete to parasol, honey fungus, cauliflower fungus and yellow morel, as well as poisonous mushrooms such as fly agaric, panther cap and death cap. Instead of confusing percentages you see clearly how sure the identification is: “Very likely”, “Probably” or “Uncertain”. On our test photos, “Very likely” is right in about 95 percent of cases.

HONEST, NOT GUESSING
If a photo is not clear, Waldfund says so and names the genus instead, for example “brittlegills” or “boletes”. Poisonous look-alikes are always shown by name. This way you learn what really matters when foraging, and you never mistake an edible mushroom for a deadly one.

FIELD GUIDE AND MUSHROOM ENCYCLOPEDIA
The field guide has over 270 entries with key features, look-alikes, a season calendar and nature conservation notes. A checklist before the recipes helps you verify your find feature by feature. On top of that come over 300 recipes for edible mushrooms, also printable: from a classic mushroom pan to porcini risotto.

FORAGING LOG WITH LOCATIONS
Save every find with photo, date and your own note, including mushrooms you do not know yet. At the tap of a button, Waldfund remembers the spot by GPS and describes it in plain words, for example “2 km north of Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia”, with exact coordinates. Next season, the compass guidance leads you back to your spot with an arrow and the distance, entirely without internet or maps. You can back up your log and restore it on a new phone.

MUSHROOM SEASON AT A GLANCE
The season calendar shows for every species in which months it grows and highlights what is in season right now. So you know whether it is time to look for morels in spring or for porcini and bay boletes in autumn.

WELL-KNOWN SPECIES AND DANGEROUS LOOK-ALIKES
The field guide covers popular edible mushrooms such as horn of plenty, hedgehog mushroom, oyster mushroom, shaggy ink cap, field mushroom, saffron milkcap, chicken of the woods and giant puffball. For every species, Waldfund names the typical look-alikes: blusher and panther cap, porcini and bitter bolete, chanterelle and false chanterelle, field mushroom and yellow stainer, sheathed woodtuft and funeral bell, morel and false morel.

MADE FOR THE FOREST
• Works completely offline, perfect for foraging trips and mushroom season
• Torch in the camera view for dark forests and dusk
• Place names for Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg and South Tyrol, and towns worldwide
• Large text, high contrast, light and dark display
• English, German and French

PRIVATE AND AD-FREE
Your photos, finds and locations stay on your device. Waldfund needs no account and has no ads and no tracking. Buy once, no subscription.

WHO IS WALDFUND FOR?
For everyone who enjoys foraging or wants to get started: beginners, experienced mushroom hunters, families on a forest walk and nature lovers who want to learn more about edible and poisonous mushrooms in Europe.

IMPORTANT FOR YOUR SAFETY
Waldfund helps you identify and learn about mushrooms, but the decision is yours. No app can identify mushrooms with absolute certainty. Only eat mushrooms you know for sure, and if in doubt, leave them. If you suspect mushroom poisoning, call emergency services or your poison control centre immediately.
Waldfund is made for the mushrooms of Central and Northern Europe. Other parts of the world have other species that it does not know.