Methods and systems related to mushroom ripeness determination

A system for determining ripeness of a growing mushroom, the system comprising:

• one or more imaging devices for obtaining a sequence of images of a growing mushroom over a period of time;
• and,
• a computer operatively connected to the one or more imaging devices, the computer configured to receive image data from the one or more imaging devices, the computer programmed to
• measure from the image data one or more features of the growing mushroom to obtain temporal measurements for the one or more features, the temporal measurements indicating rates at which the one or more features are changing, and
• compare the temporal measurements for the one or more features to pre-determined ripeness functions for each of the temporal measurements to determine the ripeness of the mushroom.