Mushroom ID
Identify mushrooms with our machine learning powered mushroom identification API. Mushroom ID is the ideal solution for businesses looking to accurately identify mushrooms in bulk with high accuracy and reliability.
With Mushroom ID you will get:
- 2500 classes of mushrooms
- 500 classes of lichens
- 60 classes of slime-molds
- representative images
- information about edibility, toxicity, etc.
- characteristics of the fungi
- list of frequently confused fungi
Model specification
3,100 classess
With Mushroom ID you can identify 3,100 classes of fungi including 500 classes of lichens (taxonomically part of the kingdom Fungi). Our service can also identify 60 classes of slime molds (phylum Mycetozoa).
70.8% accuracy
The TOP1 accuracy of the beta version model is 59.1% TOP3 accuracy is 70% when compared to species level. The accuracy was measured and compared on the dataset from Mushroom Observer.
Implement Mushroom ID and spread the knowledge with us!
Mushrooms are unique and fascinating life forms that come in a wide variety of shapes, colors, sizes, and textures. Mushrooms are a source of endless fascination, inspiration and sometimes even fear for many people in different situations:
- Mushroom hunters: knowing which mushrooms are edible and which are poisonous is crucial for foragers and chefs.
- Personal interest: some people are simply curious about the interesting mushroom they have found in their garden, park or forest.
- Medicinal properties: some mushrooms are used in traditional and alternative medicine for their health benefits.
- Tree care: mushrooms can cause damage to trees and correct identification can help to treat them. Check also Plant.id Health Assessment or Insect.id.
- Wood-destroying mushrooms cause damage to people’s property.
Pricing
The base price is €0.05 per request. There are significant discounts for higher volumes of identifications. Tell us what you need on business@flowerchecker.com.
We provide prepaid and retroactive models. You can pay with a card, wire transfer, or PayPal.
All the identification data packed into JSON
Send us photos of mushrooms in a POST REST API request and you will get several species suggestions in the JSON formatted response. As well as the scientific name of the species, our mushroom identification API will provide you with common names, taxonomy, and much more information about the species.
"suggestions": [
{
"id": "gbif:8168319",
"name": "Amanita muscaria",
"probability": 0.99491596,
"similar_images": [
{
"id": "00d8469db20361a72edac57aa4b0bd3729f65f92",
"url": "https://mushroom-id.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/similar_images/1/00d/8469db20361a72edac57aa4b0bd3729f65f92.jpg",
"license_name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
"license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/",
"citation": "Ian Dodd (kk) (www.kundabungkid.com) Australia",
"similarity": 0.75,
"url_small": "https://mushroom-id.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/similar_images/1/00d/8469db20361a72edac57aa4b0bd3729f65f92.small.jpg"
},
{
"id": "1b4987ce285f11eaa1391a4f10b1febe82dcd86a",
"url": "https://mushroom-id.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/similar_images/1/1b4/987ce285f11eaa1391a4f10b1febe82dcd86a.jpg",
"license_name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
"license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/",
"citation": "J. Teodoro Chivata Bedoya",
"similarity": 0.719,
"url_small": "https://mushroom-id.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/similar_images/1/1b4/987ce285f11eaa1391a4f10b1febe82dcd86a.small.jpg"
}
],
"details": {
"common_names": {
"en": [
"Fly agaric"
],
"de": [
"Fliegenpilz"
]
},
"taxonomy": {
"genus": "Amanita",
"order": "Agaricales",
"family": "Amanitaceae",
"phylum": "Basidiomycota",
"kingdom": "Fungi"
},
"url": {
"en": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanita_muscaria",
"de": "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fliegenpilz",
"global": "https://www.gbif.org/species/8168319"
},
"rank": "species",
"edibility": "poisonous",
"characteristic": {
"hymenium type": "lamella",
"stipe character": "ring and volva stipe",
"spore print color": "white",
"mushroom cap shape": "flat mushroom cap or convex mushroom cap",
"hymenium attachment": "free hymenium attachment",
"mushroom ecological type": "mycorrhiza"
},
"look_alike": [
{
"url": {
"en": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanita_parcivolvata",
"de": null,
"global": "https://www.gbif.org/species/8338709"
},
"entity_id": "gbif:8338709",
"name": "Amanita parcivolvata"
},
{
"url": {
"en": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanita_caesarea",
"de": "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaiserling",
"global": "https://www.gbif.org/species/5240269"
},
"entity_id": "gbif:5240269",
"name": "Amanita caesarea"
},
{
"url": {
"en": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanita_regalis",
"de": "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%B6nigs-Fliegenpilz",
"global": "https://www.gbif.org/species/5240248"
},
"entity_id": "gbif:5240248",
"name": "Amanita regalis"
}
],
"psychoactive": true,
"gbif_id": "8168319"
}
}
]Future plans with mushroom identification API
In March 2023, we released a beta version of Mushroom ID, but our work will continue. Changes planned for 2023 include:
- improving the model for even greater accuracy
- ading more mushroom species
- adding new content (such as seasonality and distribution)
- content coverage improvements.