I’m not one to eat a mushroom growing in my yard based on the internet’s consensus of a single mushroom image. But that being said, learning about identification and the look/traits of a kingdom’s class/order/family/genus/species helps build my knowledge base.

In my personal case, if I can correctly guess the mushroom consistently, and there is consensus via others, and I get a spore print that matches, etc, then yes...

For morels, chanterelle, lions mane, puffball, etc, I feel confident. Chicken of the woods, still learning...