Candelariella efflorescens, commonly known as the powdery goldfleck lichen, is a species of lichen in the family Candelariaceae. Found in North America, it was formally described as a new species in 1978 by Richard C. Harris and William R. Buck. The type specimen was collected by the second author from Hog Island Point State Forest Campground (Michigan, USA); here, at the edge of a swamp, it was found growing on Populus balsamifera. The lichen has a temperate eastern North American distribution. Although it occurs most frequently on bark (usually from deciduous trees), it has also occasionally been recorded growing on wood. Before its description as a new species, it had most often been confused with Candelariella xanthostigma, Candelariella concolor var. effusa, and Lepraria candelaris when well developed.
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 Candelariella efflorescens has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens1
Marker genes1
GenBank sequences10
eDNA detections1
Countries5
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.
★ITS10
fungal barcode
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type4 999 records
Wild obs. + sensor3 522
Museum / vouchered1 476
Other1
Origin
Native10
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO9 384 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 accuracy9% within 1 km
≤100 m 244≤1 km 47≤10 km 3 068>10 km 9
3 368 georeferenced · 154 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor3 522
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 accuracy62% within 1 km
≤100 m 49≤1 km 153≤10 km 119>10 km 4
325 georeferenced · 1 151 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence1 476
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 institutions24 of 61 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Bronx, US
394
St. Paul, US
207
University of Gdansklocation not on record
99
Bergen, NO
75
Museum of the Rockieslocation not on record
68
Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record
68
Wuzhou, CN
59
Vancouver, CA
48
Madison, US
30
ASUlocation not on record
28
LDlocation not on record
28
Uniwersytet Wrocławskilocation not on record
26
Ann Arbor, US
22
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
20
GZUlocation not on record
18
Fort Hayslocation not on record
16
Göteborg, SE
15
Stockholm, SE
14
DOI/NPS, Colonial National Historical Parklocation not on record
14
Uppsala, SE
13
Université Lavallocation not on record
11
Repubblica di San Marinolocation not on record
10
PRClocation not on record
8
PHlocation not on record
8
US
7
McWane Science Centerlocation not on record
7
Boise, US
6
ILLSlocation not on record
6
Polar-Alpine Botanical Garden-Institutelocation not on record
6
MeiseBGlocation not on record
6
Philadelphia, US
5
Yerevan, AM
4
Chicago, US
4
National Biodiversity Institute, Costa Ricalocation not on record
4
Berlin, DE
4
Minia, EG
3
University of Manitobalocation not on record
3
BClocation not on record
3
WTUlocation not on record
3
nbflocation not on record
2
Salzburg, AT
2
Santa Barbara, US
2
TSBlocation not on record
2
Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung: Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseumlocation not on record
2
AUAlocation not on record
2
Durham, US
2
Olocation not on record
2
Helsinki, FI
2
Royal Ontario Museumlocation not on record
2
Oregon State Universitylocation not on record
1
Uniwersytet Łódzkilocation not on record
1
Yukon Universitylocation not on record
1
Catholic University of Pekinglocation not on record
1
Mlocation not on record
1
Auckland, NZ
1
BioFokuslocation not on record
1
WU-MYClocation not on record
1
Institute of the Industrial Ecology Problems of the North of Kola Science Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences.location not on record
1
Logan, US
1
Edinburgh, GB
1
UNESP-FCAlocation not on record
1
61 institutions · 1 402 of 1 476 vouchered records shown · 74 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA1 detections
Where the DNA of Candelariella efflorescens 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 found1
Studies independent surveys1
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 1 detections have coordinates
Open the map0 countries0
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.
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 Foundation2 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility4 999 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI1 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics1 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗