# Community Taxon confused

**URL:** <https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/community-taxon-confused/45306>\
**Category:** Bug Reports\
**Created:** [September 19, 2023, 6:10pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/community-taxon-confused/45306 "2023-09-19T18:10:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![tonyrebelo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/tonyrebelo/32/317_2.png) [@tonyrebelo](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/tonyrebelo)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2023, 6:10pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/community-taxon-confused/45306/1 "2023-09-19T18:10:23Z")

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lizziepop suggested an ID of Hymenagaricus with a note  
Hymenagaricus nigrovinosus  
as this species was not in the dictionary.

I used the external provider to upload  
[Hymenagaricus nigrovinosus](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1497504)  
and saved.

At first iNat said that I disagreed with the genus Hymenagaricus - and when I checked the species was parented to “Life” which made sense.  
When I refreshed, it removed my disagreement, having regrafted the species to the correct genus, but kept the “Maverick” status.

Some 15 minutes later I was still a maverick, and the community ID was Agaricales - instead of the Hymenagaricus (genus) that I expected, and the reasoning can perhaps be seen on the About - where although everything scores 1, the ID is not to the lowest level of 2 IDs with 2/3 agreements.

Not a serious bug, but suggestive of an issue somewhere. I presume it will refresh properly when anyone adds another ID.

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**Author:** ![DianaStuder](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/dianastuder/32/43358_2.png) [@DianaStuder](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/DianaStuder)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2023, 7:44pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/community-taxon-confused/45306/2 "2023-09-19T19:44:22Z")

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I IDed as Fungi, which removed your Maverick status.  
Then deleted my ID. Back to working as intended.

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**Author:** ![jeanphilippeb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/jeanphilippeb/32/41518_2.png) [@jeanphilippeb](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/jeanphilippeb)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2023, 10:10pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/community-taxon-confused/45306/3 "2023-09-19T22:10:42Z")

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This sounds like:

- the “Maverick” status is a flag in the database (on the identification),
- the “Maverick” flag was not re-computed after regrafting the taxon.

This would mean a software bug consisting in a missing trigger for re-computing the flag after regrafting a taxon. It also means that regrafting a taxon is able to induce inconsistent identification status (either inconsistent “Maverick” status or inconsistent missing “Maverick” status) on many observations.

Likely worth fixing this bug (by adding the missing trigger).