Chalciporus piperatus
(Bull.) Bataille · speciesAt a glance
Sources11 archives
Databases and archives Chalciporus piperatus's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation11 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility23 402 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI110 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics14 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
NPASSNat. Product Activity & Species Sourcecompounds↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Chalciporus piperatus, commonly known as the peppery bolete, is a small pored mushroom of the family Boletaceae found in mixed woodland in Europe and North America. It has been recorded under introduced trees in Brazil, and has become naturalised in Tasmania and spread under native Nothofagus cunninghamii trees. A small bolete, the fruit body has a 1.6 – orange-fawn cap with cinnamon to brown pores underneath, and a 4 – high by 0.6 – thick stipe. The flesh has a very peppery taste. The rare variety hypochryseus, found only in Europe, has yellow pores and tubes. Described by Pierre Bulliard in 1790 as Boletus piperatus, it is only distantly related to other members of the genus Boletus and was reclassified as Chalciporus piperatus by Frédéric Bataille in 1908. The genus Chalciporus was an early branching lineage in the Boletaceae and appears to be related to boletes with parasitic properties. Previously thought to be ectomycorrhizal (a symbiotic relationship that occurs between a fungus and the roots of various plant species), C. piperatus is now suspected of being parasitic on Amanita muscaria.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
No structured trait data for this taxon yet.
Compounds documented for Chalciporus piperatus across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile5 classes
Documented compounds38 total
| Compound | Class | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| (1S,3R,6S,8S,11R,12R,15R,16R)-7,7,12,16-tetramethyl-15-[(2S)-6-methylhept-5-en-2-yl]pentacyclo[9.7.0.01,3.03,8.012,16]octadecan-6-ol | present | NPASS | |
| (1S,4S,5R,8R,10S,13R,14R,16R,17S,18R)-10,16-dihydroxy-4,5,9,9,13,20,20-heptamethyl-24-oxahexacyclo[15.5.2.01,18.04,17.05,14.08,13]tetracosan-23-one | present | NPASS | |
| (2alpha,3beta)-2-(Acetyloxy)-3-hydroxy-olean-12-en-28-oic acid | present | NPASS | |
| (3S,8R,9R,10R,13R,14R,17R)-17-[(2R,5R)-5-ethyl-6-methylheptan-2-yl]-10,13-dimethyl-2,3,4,7,8,9,11,12,14,15,16,17-dodecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-3-ol | present | NPASS | |
| (4aS,6aR,6aS,6bR,8aR,10R,11R,12aR,14bS)-10-acetoxy-11-hydroxy-2,2,6a,6b,9,9,12a-heptamethyl-1,3,4,5,6,6a,7,8,8a,10,11,12,13,14b-tetradecahydropicene-4a-carboxylic acid | present | NPASS | |
| (R)-naringenin | present | NPASS | |
| 2-[(1S,2S,4aR,4bR,6aR,10S,10aR,10bR,12aR)-1,4a,4b,6a,10-pentamethyl-9-methylidene-2-propan-2-yl-3,4,5,6,7,8,10,10a,10b,11,12,12a-dodecahydro-2H-chrysen-1-yl]acetaldehyde | present | NPASS | |
| 2-[(1S,2S,4aR,4bR,6aR,10S,10aR,10bR,12aR)-1,4a,4b,6a,10-pentamethyl-9-methylidene-2-propan-2-yl-3,4,5,6,7,8,10,10a,10b,11,12,12a-dodecahydro-2H-chrysen-1-yl]ethanol | present | NPASS | |
| 2-[(1S,2S,4aR,4bR,6aS,10S,10aR,10bR,12aR)-1,4a,4b,6a,9,10-hexamethyl-2-propan-2-yl-2,3,4,5,6,7,10,10a,10b,11,12,12a-dodecahydrochrysen-1-yl]acetaldehyde | present | NPASS | |
| 2-[(1S,2S,4aR,4bR,6aS,10S,10aR,10bR,12aR)-1,4a,4b,6a,9,10-hexamethyl-2-propan-2-yl-2,3,4,5,6,7,10,10a,10b,11,12,12a-dodecahydrochrysen-1-yl]ethanol | present | NPASS |
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 Chalciporus piperatus has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
★ 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.
The complete instruction manual Chalciporus piperatus 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
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).
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.
Record type23 402 records
Origin
Range
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
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.
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Holding institutions51 of 91 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 | 90 |
| Joensuu, FI | 73 |
| TROMlocation not on record | 57 |
| Bronx, US | 52 |
| Helsinki, FI | 50 |
| Auckland, NZ | 46 |
| BDBClocation not on record | 35 |
| 34 | |
| Kew, GB | 33 |
| Toronto, CA | 26 |
| Görlitz, DE | 25 |
| Denver, US | 22 |
| Chicago, US | 22 |
| WU-MYClocation not on record | 21 |
| TUR-Alocation not on record | 20 |
| St. Paul, US | 20 |
| GJOlocation not on record | 19 |
| Kuopio, FI | 18 |
| Philadelphia, US | 17 |
| Copenhagen, DK | 15 |
| Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record | 14 |
| San Sebastián, ES | 14 |
| Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record | 14 |
| Université de Montréal Biodiversity Centrelocation not on record | 13 |
| Bardejov, SK | 13 |
| IB FRC Komi SC UB RASlocation not on record | 12 |
| Vancouver, CA | 12 |
| Uppsala, SE | 10 |
| LDlocation not on record | 10 |
| Davis and Elkins Collegelocation not on record | 10 |
| WTUlocation not on record | 10 |
| Karlsruhe, DE | 10 |
| Chiba, JP | 9 |
| Leicester, GB | 8 |
| MeiseBGlocation not on record | 8 |
| Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record | 7 |
| Vitoria, ES | 7 |
| Staten Island, US | 7 |
| Tomioka, JP | 7 |
| Warsaw, PL | 6 |
| Durham, US | 6 |
| Canberra, AU | 5 |
| Tartu, EE | 5 |
| MAlocation not on record | 5 |
| Hobart, AU | 5 |
| Osaka, JP | 4 |
| TENN-Flocation not on record | 4 |
| Zürich, CH | 4 |
| Turku, FI | 4 |
| Bando, JP | 4 |
| IFR-DNFlocation not on record | 3 |
| Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record | 3 |
| Blacksburg, US | 3 |
| CA | 3 |
| Mlocation not on record | 3 |
| Oulu, FI | 3 |
| Universidade de Lisboa, Museu Bocagelocation not on record | 3 |
| Rene Pomerleau Herbariumlocation not on record | 2 |
| Göteborg, SE | 2 |
| University of Tennessee at Chattanoogalocation not on record | 2 |
| Jyväskylä, FI | 2 |
| Universidade Federale do Rio Grande do Sullocation not on record | 2 |
| Uniwersytet Łódzkilocation not on record | 2 |
| Ann Arbor, US | 2 |
| Entomological Society of Latvialocation not on record | 2 |
| Durango, MX | 2 |
| HabitatVisionlocation not on record | 2 |
| SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record | 2 |
| IPA/SPlocation not on record | 2 |
| University of Oslo, Natural History Museumlocation not on record | 2 |
| Personal Herbarium of Bitty Roylocation not on record | 1 |
| Laramie, US | 1 |
| Private Collection of Autumn Anglinlocation not on record | 1 |
| Tromso University Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Gijón, ES | 1 |
| Stockholm, SE | 1 |
| JA-CAGPDS-CAMlocation not on record | 1 |
| Tilburg, NL | 1 |
| Odawara, JP | 1 |
| Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung: Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Salzburg, AT | 1 |
| Catholic University of Pekinglocation not on record | 1 |
| Lausanne, CH | 1 |
| Surgut State Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Nagatoro-machi, Chichibu-gun, JP | 1 |
| US | 1 |
| Royal Ontario Museum, TRTC Fungariumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Helsinki, FI | 1 |
| National Biodiversity Institute, Costa Ricalocation not on record | 1 |
| Pullman, US | 1 |
| Universidad Austral de Chilelocation not on record | 1 |
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Where the DNA of Chalciporus piperatus 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
Where its DNA was found
How strong is each trace?
Measured at samplingin-field
Modelled climatemodelled
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.