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Caitlyn Forster, Associate Lecturer, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney

What is iNaturalist? The citizen science app playing an unlikely role in Erin Patterson’s mushroom murder trial

Death cap mushrooms (_Amanita phalloides_) Jolanda Aalbers/Shutterstock

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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