Assign an observation label
Choose a short label for the actual observation rather than a species name you are trying to confirm. A date and your own sequence can work without implying a scientific identification.
Make the record traceable
A detailed observation loses value if you cannot tell which specimen its photographs show. Use stable labels before putting two records into a comparison worksheet.
Put it into practice
Keep the photo group together
Store the relevant views with that label in your own files or notes. If two specimens occur close together, take care not to combine a cap photo from one with a stem photo from another. The browser cannot verify that mapping.
Carry labels into the comparison
Use the same labels for columns A and B. Download the worksheet if you need to share the evidence, but consider whether location information should be removed. The export does not attach or upload the photographs themselves.
A worked example
Calling both groups 'the brown mushroom' is easy to confuse. Two distinct observation labels let a reviewer connect your wording to the intended image set without assuming either name is a species.
Side-by-side plant and fungi observation evidence worksheet
Similar-looking specimens deserve separate records. Put the visible features of two observations side by side to see which details differ and which are still missing. The tool compares your entered wording; it does not name a species or determine whether either specimen is safe.
Identical text is not proof of identical biology. Different text can reflect lighting, wording or incomplete observation. The worksheet preserves uncertainty and does not produce an identification confidence score or an edibility assessment.
Inputs are processed in this page. Nothing is submitted to the app or a business. Download a result to keep it; this page does not automatically save your work.
What to keep in mind
This notebook cannot identify a species or establish whether anything is safe to eat. Do not rely on a photograph, app or exported note to decide edibility. Avoid disturbing specimens or disclosing sensitive locations.
Continue exploring
Side-by-side plant and fungi observation evidence worksheet
Distinguish missing evidence from a different plant or fungi feature
Keep specimen labels connected to the correct photographs
Prepare an uncertain nature observation for expert review
Take the next step
with Fieldmark.
Fieldmark's listing describes confidence bands, genus-level fallback and guided questions for plant and fungi identification. It says the app does not certify edibility and highlights dangerous lookalikes.
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