Albatrellus ovinus (commonly known as Sheep Polypore) is a terrestrial polypore fungus found in western North America, and Northern Europe. It is very closely related to the rarer A. subrubescens, from which it may be distinguished microscopically by the amyloid spore wall. It is edible and sold commercially in Finland.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Compounds documented for Albatrellus ovinus across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
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 Albatrellus ovinus has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens15
Marker genes1
GenBank sequences9
eDNA detections18
Countries4
The DNA barcodea real sequence read deposited for this species
Albatrellus ovinus isolate 321 small subunit ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence; internal transcribed spacer 1 and 5.8S ribosomal RNA gene, complete sequence; and internal transcribed spacer 2, partial sequence
Marker genes sequenced
★ 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.
★ITS9
fungal barcode
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type8 371 records
Wild obs. + sensor7 619
Museum / vouchered737
Cultivated / captive2
Other13
Origin
Introduced2
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO19 856 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 accuracy90% within 1 km
≤100 m 3 821≤1 km 2 402≤10 km 634>10 km 48
6 905 georeferenced · 714 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor7 619
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 accuracy57% within 1 km
≤100 m 46≤1 km 169≤10 km 120>10 km 40
375 georeferenced · 362 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence737
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Coordinate accuracy0% within 1 km
≤10 km 2
2 georeferenced
Open the mapnot free-living2
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
Helsinki, FI
181
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
87
Olocation not on record
54
Joensuu, FI
50
Denver, US
28
WTUlocation not on record
26
Uppsala, SE
21
Bronx, US
18
Toronto, CA
16
Karlsruhe, DE
14
Acadia Universitylocation not on record
14
Vancouver, CA
13
TENN-Flocation not on record
13
Chicago, US
11
Université de Montréal Biodiversity Centrelocation not on record
10
Philadelphia, US
10
Tartu, EE
10
TUR-Alocation not on record
9
Copenhagen, DK
9
WU-MYClocation not on record
8
GJOlocation not on record
7
Ann Arbor, US
7
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record
5
Görlitz, DE
5
St. Paul, US
5
Jyväskylä, FI
5
Kuopio, FI
5
Slovenian Forestry Institutelocation not on record
4
Durham, US
4
University of Oslo, Natural History Museumlocation not on record
4
Oulu, FI
4
ILLSlocation not on record
4
Salzburg, AT
4
LDlocation not on record
4
Göteborg, SE
4
TROMlocation not on record
3
Mlocation not on record
3
BDBClocation not on record
2
CA
2
Turku, FI
2
Kew, GB
2
DPIlocation not on record
2
Trondheim, NO
2
Catholic University of Pekinglocation not on record
2
Universidade de Lisboa, Museu Bocagelocation not on record
2
Santa Cruz, US
2
Department of Plant Resources, National Herbarium and Plant Laboratorieslocation not on record
2
National Mushroom Centre, Department of Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, Bhutanlocation not on record
1
Mérida, ES
1
Blacksburg, US
1
McWane Science Centerlocation not on record
1
nsnflocation not on record
1
San Sebastián, ES
1
Metsähallituslocation not on record
1
Colorado State Universitylocation not on record
1
Berlin, DE
1
Ixtacuixtla de Mariano Matamoros, MX
1
Davis and Elkins Collegelocation not on record
1
58 institutions · 710 of 737 vouchered records shown · 27 without an institution code
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
09Environmental DNA18 detections
Where the DNA of Albatrellus ovinus 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 found18
Studies independent surveys3
Countries3
Signal confidence: moderateweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 18 detections have coordinates
Open the map3 countries0
Southern/middle boreal, old Picea forest of …Pinus sylvestris
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.
Modelled climatemodelled
−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C
Temperature median8.90 °C 7.70–12.1
Seasonal swing summer↔winter21.9 °C
Max temp (day)14.6 °C 11.8–15.3
Min temp (night)4.90 °C 1.10–8.80
Precipitation129 mm/mo 91.9–219
Air humidity61.2 % 52.5–64.9
Moisture balance30.5 mm/mo -0.4–182
Vapour deficit501 Pa 426–546
Wind speed3.60 m/s 2.20–4.40
Cloud cover43.7 % 19.0–45.9
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 8 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.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation9 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility8 371 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI18 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics15 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
foodatlascompounds
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
NPASSNat. Product Activity & Species Sourcecompounds↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗
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