It would be so much inventory-friendly and less messy for gatherers and crafters if HQ items could just stack over their normal counterpart and all you had to do was hover over the item to see how many HQ of that certain item you got.

I'm currently leveling botany and cooking and I'm just overwhelmed by all these items.

Just like how when you turn in provisioning items, there is only 1 ingredient to turn in, and when you right click the ingredient it lets you choose whether to turn in HQ stuff or normal stuff. It really should be just 1 stack.