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Plants App Hits iPhones

现在,即使是Detailsisweighing inon the foraging trend, those who look particularly fetching in hunter’s plaid have a new tool for distinguishing their wild carrots from their poisonous hemlock.As promised, “Wildman” Steve Brill has released his Wild Edibles iPhone app (we wonder how theseafood purveyor of the same namefeels about that), which details around 150 common North American plants. The $7.99 full version is availablevia iTunes(iPad and Android versions are in the works), and there’s also a free “lite” edition, for those on a forager’s budget. But bad news for fungus foragers likechef Jonathon Sawyer(who, by the way, makes amean duck pasta): Mushrooms aren’t among the edibles covered. [iTunes]

Plants App Hits iPhones