The world has been gripped by the case of Australian woman Erin Patterson, who was charged with the murder of three people after allegedly serving them a lunch of beef wellington containing poisonous death cap mushrooms (Amanita phalloides).

A new element of the sensational story emerged in court this week, when prosecutors reportedly alleged Patterson used iNaturalist to locate and visit places where death cap mushrooms were known to grow.

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    1 day ago

    People prefer to trust stupid bots instead of trained human… These apps are great but you shouldn’t rely on a bot for analyzing mushroom that you wanna eat.

    Edit : Read the article in a hurry and didn’t get the full story my bad