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🗒️ Metadata

Overview

Every FungiTastic observation comes with rich tabular metadata describing not just the specimen, but also its context and collection details.

Fields Included

  • Observation date: yyyy-mm-dd, plus year, month, and day columns.
  • EXIF camera metadata: exposure, color space, device type, etc.
  • Habitat: E.g., Mixed woodland, Deciduous woodland (32 options).
  • Substrate: Where the specimen grows (e.g., Bark, Soil, Stone).
  • Taxonomic labels: Full hierarchy from species up to kingdom.
  • Toxicity status: Edible or poisonous (binary label).
  • Geolocation: Latitude, longitude, plus region/district/country.
  • Biogeographical zone: Atlantic, Continental, Alpine, etc.
  • Elevation: Standardized meters above sea level.
  • Land cover: Classification from MODIS (e.g., savanna, barren).

Usage Notes

  • Nearly all observations (>99.9%) have full metadata.
  • Metadata is crucial for multi-modal learning, habitat modeling, and context-aware classification.

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