Abstract: A device for the automatic selective harvesting of mushrooms grown on a growing bed that includes: at least one camera for observing the mushrooms on the growing bed; a carrier which is movable above the growing bed relative thereto, and is provided with apparatus for positioning one or more picking heads for picking mushrooms on the basis of information coming from each camera; wherein the picking heads each have a deformable suction cup which is connected to a controllable source of reduced pressure for fixing by suction the cap of a mushroom against the suction cup and wherein each suction cup is rotatable through a certain angle for detaching the mushroom held by suction on the suction cup from the growing bed and wherein the picking head includes a torsionally essentially rigid, laterally flexible coupling member for interconnecting the suction cup with the positioning apparatus.