Clathrus archeri (synonyms Lysurus archeri, Anthurus archeri, Pseudocolus archeri), commonly known as octopus stinkhorn or devil's fingers,Clathrus archeri (devil's fingers) is a fungus which has a global distribution. Using rDNA, Geastrales, Gauteriales and Phallales form a monophyletic group and eventually diffierentation of Nidulariales and Tulostomatales within the euagarics clade. This species was first described in 1980 in a collection from Tasmania. The young fungus erupts from a suberumpent egg by forming into four to seven elongated slender arms initially erect and attached at the top. The arms then unfold to reveal a pinkish-red interior covered with a dark-olive spore-containing gleba. In maturity it smells like putrid flesh. Recently, C. archeri var. alba with white tentacles or arms has been reported from the Shola Forests in the Western Ghats, Kerala, India.
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 Clathrus archeri has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens3
Marker genes1
GenBank sequences9
eDNA detections467
Countries8
The DNA barcodea real sequence read deposited for this species
Clathrus archeri voucher F114 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
07Deep time~54 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 origin54 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 type14 676 records
Wild obs. + sensor14 470
Museum / vouchered203
Cultivated / captive1
Other2
Origin
Native1
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO26 296 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 accuracy67% within 1 km
≤100 m 6 282≤1 km 1 995≤10 km 3 654>10 km 349
12 280 georeferenced · 2 190 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor14 470
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 accuracy60% within 1 km
≤100 m 9≤1 km 47≤10 km 36>10 km 2
94 georeferenced · 109 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence203
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Coordinate accuracy
no georeferenced coordinates · 1 records without
Open the mapnot free-living1
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 institutions22 of 40 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record
18
Karlsruhe, DE
15
San Sebastián, ES
12
GJOlocation not on record
11
WU-MYClocation not on record
9
Auckland, NZ
9
Görlitz, DE
7
Canberra, AU
6
Hobart, AU
6
DPIlocation not on record
5
LDlocation not on record
4
Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record
4
Kew, GB
4
Parkville, AU
4
Copenhagen, DK
3
Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (IAvH)location not on record
3
Universidade de Lisboa, Museu Bocagelocation not on record
3
BDBClocation not on record
3
Salzburg, AT
3
Bardejov, SK
2
MAlocation not on record
2
Tilburg, NL
2
Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung: Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseumlocation not on record
2
Uppsala, SE
2
Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record
2
Gijón, ES
1
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
1
Leicester, GB
1
Mlocation not on record
1
Santa Cruz, US
1
MeiseBGlocation not on record
1
JA-CAGPDS-CAMlocation not on record
1
Adelaide, AU
1
Universidad de los Andes (UNIANDES)location not on record
1
Bronx, US
1
Warsaw, PL
1
Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record
1
Zürich, CH
1
Tartu, EE
1
Brisbane, AU
1
40 institutions · 156 of 203 vouchered records shown · 46 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 DNA467 detections
Where the DNA of Clathrus archeri 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 found467
Studies independent surveys8
Countries8
Signal confidence: moderateweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 467 detections have coordinates
Open the map8 countries0
fruitbodyPalearcticAfrotropicIndomalayan
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.
124 samples with on-site data · median with range · describes the sample, not the organism
Modelled climatemodelled
−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C
Temperature median15.1 °C 5.00–21.6
Seasonal swing summer↔winter8.90 °C
Max temp (day)19.6 °C 9.40–25.7
Min temp (night)10.7 °C 1.30–17.8
Precipitation135 mm/mo 60.3–160
Air humidity63.9 % 57.3–64.2
Moisture balance26.1 mm/mo -70.4–34.9
Vapour deficit616 Pa 311–965
Wind speed2.10 m/s 2.10–3.70
Cloud cover27.3 % 17.4–60.6
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 467 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-EBI467 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics3 specimens↗
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