Mushroom Edibility Predictor Dataset

Columns

• cap-shape: Describes the shape of the mushroom cap, with values such as bell, conical, convex, flat, knobbed, or sunken.
• cap-surface: Characterises the texture of the cap surface, including fibrous, grooves, scaly, or smooth.
• cap-color: Indicates the colour of the mushroom cap, with options such as brown, buff, cinnamon, grey, green, pink, purple, red, white, or yellow.
• bruises?: A binary indicator showing whether the mushroom bruises (true) or not (false).
• odor: Describes the mushroom's scent, with categories like almond, anise, creosote, fishy, foul, musty, none, pungent, or spicy.
• gill-attachment: Details how the gills are attached to the stalk, for instance, attached, descending, free, or notched.
• gill-spacing: Refers to the spacing between the gills, either close, crowded, or distant.
• gill-size: Indicates the size of the gills, being either broad or narrow.
• gill-color: Specifies the colour of the gills, including black, brown, buff, chocolate, grey, green, orange, pink, purple, red, white, or yellow.
• stalk-shape: Describes the shape of the mushroom stalk, either enlarging or tapering.
• stalk-root: Details the base of the stalk, such as bulbous, club, cup, equal, rhizomorphs, rooted, or missing.
• stalk-surface-above-ring: Characterises the stalk surface above the ring, including fibrous, scaly, silky, or smooth.
• stalk-surface-below-ring: Describes the stalk surface below the ring, with options like fibrous, scaly, silky, or smooth.
• stalk-color-above-ring: Indicates the stalk colour above the ring, with possibilities like brown, buff, cinnamon, grey, orange, pink, red, white, or yellow.
• stalk-color-below-ring: Specifies the stalk colour below the ring, similar to above-ring colours.
• veil-type: Describes the type of veil, either partial or universal (only partial is observed in this dataset).
• veil-color: Indicates the colour of the veil, such as brown, orange, white, or yellow.
• ring-number: States the number of rings present on the stalk, with options none, one, or two.
• ring-type: Details the style of the ring, including cobwebby, evanescent, flaring, large, none, pendant, sheathing, or zone.
• spore-print-color: Describes the colour of the mushroom's spore print, with options such as black, brown, buff, chocolate, green, orange, purple, white, or yellow.
• population: Indicates the mushroom's population density, like abundant, clustered, numerous, scattered, several, or solitary.
• habitat: Specifies the mushroom's natural environment, for example, grasses, leaves, meadows, paths, urban, waste, or woods.
• class: The target variable, classifying the mushroom as edible or poisonous.

Distribution

Usage

• Predictive Modelling: Building models to predict whether a mushroom is poisonous or edible based on its attributes.
• Educational Purposes: A valuable resource for students and practitioners learning about classification algorithms and data analysis.
• Feature Engineering: Exploring the significance of different physical characteristics in determining edibility.

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Who Can Use It

• Data Scientists and Machine Learning Engineers: For developing and testing classification algorithms.
• Students and Educators: As an accessible dataset for teaching and learning fundamental concepts in data science and binary classification.
• Researchers: Those interested in mycological data analysis or developing tools for natural resource identification.

Dataset Name Suggestions

• Mushroom Edibility Predictor Dataset
• Fungus Characteristics Classification
• Poisonous/Edible Mushroom Attributes
• Mycological Classification Data

Attributes