Species ID errors in difficult taxa?

I thought of an experiment. Photograph a dandelion, including all the possible traits that some people think define microspecies, and see if anyone actually ventures to identify the microspecies, or if they all just leave it as “Section Taraxacum,” with a didactic comment that there are a lot of microspecies. It is very easy to look smart by disputing a common ID; less so to offer something of substance.

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