Asterophora lycoperdoides is a species of fungus in the Lyophyllaceae family. It grows as a parasite on other mushrooms, mainly those in the genus Russula. Its gills are poorly formed or nearly absent. Asexual spores are produced on the mushrooms cap which enable the organism to clone itself easily. The spores are star-shaped, hence the name star bearer. It is regarded as nonpoisonous but inedible. Asterophora parasitica is similar but has more conic caps.
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 Asterophora lycoperdoides has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens10
Marker genes2
eDNA detections13
Countries6
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.
★ITS★ITS1
fungal barcode
06Genome at a glanceGoaT
The complete instruction manualAsterophora lycoperdoides carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.
Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is
Genome size≈34 157 045 bp assembly estimate
Measured in base pairs (bp) — the individual letters of DNA (human ≈ 3.2 Gb, a bacterium a few million). The chart places this genome on a logarithmic scale — each step to the right is ten times bigger — among reference organisms. Across species a bigger genome loosely tracks with larger cells, slower growth and lower-energy lifestyles (powered flight favours small genomes) — yet it does not imply more genes or a more advanced organism (the long-standing C-value paradox).
BACTERIUM Carsonella ruddii0.00016 Gb
THIS GENOME Asterophora lycoperdoides0.03 Gb
FUNGUS0.04 Gb
INSECT0.25 Gb
HUMAN3.2 Gb
WHEAT17 Gb
FERN Tmesipteris160.45 Gb
Sequencing statusassembly quality — how far to trust these numbers
Assembly level tells you how finished the sequence is — from fragmented contigs, through scaffolds, up to a full chromosome-level assembly. BUSCO % estimates completeness: the share of genes expected to be present that were actually found. These describe the data quality, not the organism.
Assembly levelScaffold
Completeness93.5% BUSCO
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type4 562 records
Wild obs. + sensor3 930
Museum / vouchered593
Other39
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO11 652 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 accuracy53% within 1 km
≤100 m 1 207≤1 km 612≤10 km 1 487>10 km 123
3 429 georeferenced · 501 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor3 930
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 accuracy56% within 1 km
≤100 m 55≤1 km 112≤10 km 97>10 km 34
298 georeferenced · 295 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence593
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 institutions34 of 67 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Olocation not on record
63
Bronx, US
55
Uppsala, SE
33
Helsinki, FI
29
Chicago, US
25
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
21
Philadelphia, US
21
St. Paul, US
16
Bando, JP
15
Chiba, JP
11
BDBClocation not on record
11
WTUlocation not on record
11
Copenhagen, DK
10
Joensuu, FI
10
Kuopio, FI
10
LDlocation not on record
9
San Sebastián, ES
9
Göteborg, SE
8
Vitoria, ES
8
Tartu, EE
8
Kew, GB
7
Trondheim, NO
7
Osaka, JP
7
Tomioka, JP
7
Karlsruhe, DE
6
Toronto, CA
6
Université de Montréal Biodiversity Centrelocation not on record
6
Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record
6
Department of Plant Resources, National Herbarium and Plant Laboratorieslocation not on record
5
Ann Arbor, US
5
Salzburg, AT
5
Natural History Museum, Tribhuvan Universitylocation not on record
4
nsnflocation not on record
4
GJOlocation not on record
4
Nagatoro-machi, Chichibu-gun, JP
3
Universidade de Lisboa, Museu Bocagelocation not on record
3
Staten Island, US
3
MeiseBGlocation not on record
3
TUR-Alocation not on record
3
National Mushroom Centre, Department of Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, Bhutanlocation not on record
3
Turku, FI
3
Uniwersytet Łódzkilocation not on record
3
WU-MYClocation not on record
3
Oulu, FI
2
California State University, East Baylocation not on record
2
National Biodiversity Institute, Costa Ricalocation not on record
2
Jyväskylä, FI
2
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record
2
Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record
2
Berlin, DE
2
Zürich, CH
2
CJBGlocation not on record
2
Stockholm, SE
2
University of Oslo, Natural History Museumlocation not on record
1
TROMlocation not on record
1
Odawara, JP
1
Provincia di Livornolocation not on record
1
Gijón, ES
1
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kewlocation not on record
1
National Institute of Biological Resourceslocation not on record
1
Acadia Universitylocation not on record
1
DPIlocation not on record
1
KNAMlocation not on record
1
IB FRC Komi SC UB RASlocation not on record
1
Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Skłodowskiejlocation not on record
1
JA-CAGPDS-CAMlocation not on record
1
Helsinki, FI
1
67 institutions · 523 of 593 vouchered records shown · 69 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA13 detections
Where the DNA of Asterophora lycoperdoides 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 found13
Studies independent surveys2
Countries4
Signal confidence: moderateweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 13 detections have coordinates
Open the map4 countries0
ForestDelvis rik, fuktig og moserik granskog med i…
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 median11.2 °C 9.00–15.4
Seasonal swing summer↔winter21.0 °C
Max temp (day)15.6 °C 11.3–17.7
Min temp (night)7.00 °C 5.70–12.0
Precipitation81.0 mm/mo 31.2–128
Air humidity60.4 % 57.3–66.0
Moisture balance-37.3 mm/mo -81.3–73.5
Vapour deficit533 Pa 430–637
Wind speed3.00 m/s 2.30–4.70
Cloud cover40.3 % 35.0–52.5
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 9 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-EBI13 eDNA detections↗
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