Agaricus semotus is a woodland mushroom of the fungus order Agaricales. It, like many of its relatives, can be found spread throughout wooded, moist areas in the southern United States, and has been found in areas ranging from California to Florida; it is also indigenous to Great Britain and Europe. A. semotus has also been collected in New Zealand.Mitchell AD, Walter M. (1999). "Species of Agaricus occurring in New Zealand". New Zealand Journal of Botany 37(4): 715–25. Although various authors disagree about its edibility, its modest size prevents it from being a significant source of nutrition.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Agaricus semotus has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens10
Marker genes1
GenBank sequences3
eDNA detections20
Countries2
The DNA barcodea real sequence read deposited for this species
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
★ITS3
fungal barcode
07Deep time~13.2 Ma lineage
How far back this lineage goes — and how we know. Everything here is measured in Ma, short for “mega-annum”: millions of years ago. The chart reads left to right like a calendar of the Earth, from the deep past on the left to today at the right edgetop to bottom like a core drilled through the Earth, from the deep past at the top down to today at the bottom.
At a glance
DNA clock origin13.2 Ma TimeTree
When this lineage existed
How to read this: the coloured strip along the bottomdown the left is the geological calendar — the standard epochs (Pliocene, Pleistocene…) every museum uses, shown so you can see which chapter of Earth's history this lineage lived in. This lineage is a young one, so the strip is zoomed in to epochs — the finer subdivisions inside a period. The orange marker is the DNA clock: DNA accumulates mutations at a roughly steady rate, so comparing this species' DNA with its relatives estimates when the lineage split off — independently of any fossil.
DNA clock origin
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type2 474 records
Wild obs. + sensor2 004
Museum / vouchered456
Other14
Origin
Native12
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO6 332 km²
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy36% within 1 km
≤100 m 393≤1 km 299≤10 km 1 204>10 km 15
1 911 georeferenced · 93 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor2 004
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Coordinate accuracy64% within 1 km
≤100 m 57≤1 km 87≤10 km 69>10 km 12
225 georeferenced · 231 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence456
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
10Collections & institutions
Holding institutions31 of 58 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Copenhagen, DK
36
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
33
LDlocation not on record
24
Olocation not on record
23
Göteborg, SE
17
WTUlocation not on record
16
TROMlocation not on record
16
12
Görlitz, DE
12
WU-MYClocation not on record
10
BDBClocation not on record
9
Uppsala, SE
9
Philadelphia, US
9
Joensuu, FI
8
IB FRC Komi SC UB RASlocation not on record
8
Trondheim, NO
8
Zürich, CH
6
Jyväskylä, FI
6
GJOlocation not on record
6
Denver, US
6
Kyiv, UA
6
Kew, GB
6
University of Oslo, Natural History Museumlocation not on record
5
Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record
5
Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record
5
Karlsruhe, DE
4
Chicago, US
3
Universidade de Lisboa, Museu Bocagelocation not on record
3
Tilburg, NL
3
Bronx, US
3
MeiseBGlocation not on record
3
Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung: Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseumlocation not on record
2
Mexico City, MX
2
DPIlocation not on record
2
Vitoria, ES
1
Ciudad de México, MX
1
Stockholm, SE
1
Tartu, EE
1
Bardejov, SK
1
CA
1
Blacksburg, US
1
nsnflocation not on record
1
Auckland, NZ
1
Santa Cruz, US
1
HabitatVisionlocation not on record
1
CJBGlocation not on record
1
University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU)location not on record
1
Paris, FR
1
Vancouver, CA
1
Orto botanico di Lucca | Botanical Garden of Luccalocation not on record
1
TENN-Flocation not on record
1
PUC-RSlocation not on record
1
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record
1
Canberra, AU
1
Tromso University Museumlocation not on record
1
Brisbane, AU
1
BRNUlocation not on record
1
Provincia di Livornolocation not on record
1
58 institutions · 350 of 456 vouchered records shown · 106 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA20 detections
Where the DNA of Agaricus semotus was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Detections DNA found20
Studies independent surveys4
Countries2
Signal confidence: moderateweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 20 detections have coordinates
Open the map2 countries0
Soil under Alnus incanaPa marka i edellauvskogPÃ¥ kompost,under gamle graner,plen og bjør…Furuskog med lyng og einer i undervegetasjon.
How strong is each trace?
DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.
Measured at samplingin-field
Temperature18.0 °C
pH5.90 4.60–8.72
Conductivity36.0 µS/cm 34.0–25,600
Organic carbon1.64 % 1.44–4.20
Phosphorus3.00 mg/kg
Clay6.06 % 1.93–10.3
Sand93.9 % 85.5–97.1
Depth0 m
SoilTenosolChromosolAnthroposolsTenosols
4 samples with on-site data · median with range · describes the sample, not the organism
Modelled climatemodelled
−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C
Temperature median20.6 °C 8.70–28.0
Seasonal swing summer↔winter9.20 °C
Max temp (day)27.4 °C 9.90–34.1
Min temp (night)14.6 °C 5.20–22.7
Precipitation57.0 mm/mo 4.00–152
Air humidity56.1 % 46.8–63.8
Moisture balance-111 mm/mo -136–110
Vapour deficit1,284 Pa 404–1,651
Wind speed3.60 m/s 3.20–4.40
Cloud cover43.7 % 10.7–50.2
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 19 detection points · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.
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ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI20 eDNA detections↗
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