- megopie ( @megopie@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) English37•2 months ago
Hell, doesn’t really work in temperate zones ether to be honest. It gets common house/yard plants well but if you go into actual wild-ish areas it will give you 5 different answers from five different angles of the same plant.
- nik9000 ( @nik9000@programming.dev ) English27•2 months ago
I downloaded google lense a while back to identify a mushroom. It was pretty and I was curious. After installing and taking the picture it replied… “Mushroom.”
The second image said false widow’s death wish or something metal as hell.
- megopie ( @megopie@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) English4•2 months ago
Yah, mushrooms are not that hard to identify if you know what to look for. I worry people who do not know what to look for will be far too confident with such an imperfect tool.
Especially with the growth of demand for foraged mushrooms in restaurants and supermarkets. It’s big money, and I have no doubt some “enterprising” people are going to get people hurt by trusting these tools too much.
- Honytawk ( @Honytawk@lemmy.zip ) English5•2 months ago
And it would be less of a problem if it showed all options that are likely, instead of just the one it thinks is most likely.
- Swallowtail ( @Swallowtail@beehaw.org ) English9•2 months ago
Try iNaturalist, it works pretty well. Also, learn plant morphology, makes it easier to narrow things down when you get a couple suggestions within the same genus or family.
- Leate_Wonceslace ( @Leate_Wonceslace@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) English5•2 months ago
As someone who uses iNaturalist and has a plant friend, I can confirm.
- flora_explora ( @flora_explora@beehaw.org ) English2•2 months ago
Indeed, basic plant morphology knowledge plus some local Floras and iNaturalist worked out quite well for me in the tropics. There are also so many people that know plants on iNat. You only get into trouble if you try to ID rare species, but that’s also the case in the temperate zones.
- Swedneck ( @Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de ) English2•2 months ago
using inaturalist and uploading your observations also contributes to science :)
- moosetwin ( @moosetwin@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) English3•2 months ago
haha this is going to kill someone
- Spoilt ( @Spoilt@jlai.lu ) English2•2 months ago
My brain read “pants”, I didn’t understand the connection with latitude… Thanks, brain.
- Rubanski ( @Rubanski@lemm.ee ) English2•2 months ago
“picture this” is a terrible name choice, but a really good app for identifying plants