Food brachot before and after eating

Question

Does a bracha said after eating a specific food rely on the food being eaten or on the bracha (and its intention) made at the beginning?

If, hypothetically, I make a shehakol at the beginning and then find out that the food I am eating (or "I have just finished eating") should have demanded a mezonot, would my bracha achrona be a borei nefashot (as it called forth by the intention/awareness I had when I said the bracha before eating) or an al hamichya (as it is called forth by the particular food that I ate, whether I knew it at the time or not)?

The Shehakol, bedieved, seems to have been acceptable according to the Rambam in this answer.

If you skip the initial blessing altogether, do you then skip the after blessing? — Double AA, Jul 29 '20 at 19:38
possible duplicate https://judaism.stackexchange.com/q/30873/759 — Double AA, Jul 29 '20 at 19:42
Not all opening blessings have a fixed after blessing. If I said בורא פרי העץ by accident, how would I know what after blessing to say? — Double AA, Jul 29 '20 at 19:43
The bracha acharona is not depending from the rishona at all — kouty, Jul 29 '20 at 19:56

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 03 '20 at 06:51

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Bracha Rishona and Bracha Acharona are two separate categories that are not connected. For example, rice is mezonos and borei nefashos at the same time.

So a mistake in one would not affect the other.

answered Aug 03 '20 at 06:51

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