✦ fresh from the tinkersmith forge
know what you found.
point your phone at a mushroom. spore studies the cap, gills and stem, names the likely species, and — before anything else — rules out the look-alikes that could harm you. then it opens a field guide with licensed photographs. calm, careful, and honest about doubt.
→ watch the phone: a real identification, start to finish
blunt, forked ridges and a solid stem set it apart from the toxic jack-o'-lantern, which has sharp true gills and grows on wood.
a guide, not a guarantee. confirm with an expert before eating.
01 · in the field
spore is built for the moment you crouch beside something strange on the forest floor — and for every quiet minute of reading afterwards.
shoot the cap, the underside and the stem. spore reads the features and gives you its best match with an honest confidence — or tells you plainly when it isn't sure.
every result is checked against the species it could be confused with. the dangerous twins are named, compared side by side, and never hidden.
morphology, habitat, season and taxonomy, with community photographs from GBIF and Mushroom Observer — shown only when their licence allows.
save finds, add notes, keep your scans. it all lives on your phone — no account, no cloud copy of your collection.
02 · how spore reads a mushroom
dome, funnel, bell or parasol — the silhouette narrows thousands of species to a family long before colour does.
veil remnants, a skirt on the stem, a sac at the base. small things, and often the ones that matter most.
a honeycomb cap or a sponge of pores tells a different story from blade-like gills.
some of the most toxic mushrooms on earth look ordinary. spore always checks them — and says so.
the likely species, the confidence behind it, and a reminder you'll see on every result: a guide, not a guarantee.
03 · the honest part
no app can tell you a wild mushroom is safe to eat — and spore never will. it is here to help you look closer, learn faster and ask better questions of a real expert.
YOUR MATCH
blunt, forked false ridges. solid pale flesh. grows from soil.
TOXIC LOOK-ALIKE
sharp, true gills. orange flesh. grows in clusters on wood.
04 · three steps
a top view, the underside and the stem, in daylight. more angles, steadier answers.
spore reads the features, weighs the likely species and checks every dangerous look-alike.
open the field guide, save the find to your field book, or ask a follow-up question.
05 · the paperwork · app store connect links
better photos, what the confidence means, subscriptions, restoring purchases and your data.
support.html → safety & sourceswhy spore is never a reason to eat a wild mushroom, what to do in an emergency, and where the photos and data come from.
safety.html → privacy policywhat stays on your phone, what leaves it when you identify a photo, and who processes it.
privacy.html → terms of usethe safety disclaimer, how subscriptions work, and the plain-language rules of the road.
terms.html →