Conocybe apala is a basidiomycete fungus and a member of the genus Conocybe. It is a fairly common fungus, both in North America and Europe, found growing among short green grass. Until recently, the species was also commonly called Conocybe lactea or Conocybe albipes and is colloquially known as the white dunce capIndex Fungorum – Names Record or the milky conecap. Another common synonym, Bolbitius albipes G.H. Otth 1871, places the fungus in the genus Bolbitius.
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 Conocybe apala has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens22
Marker genes2
GenBank sequences10
eDNA detections162
Countries7
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★ITS1
fungal barcode
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type4 622 records
Wild obs. + sensor4 261
Museum / vouchered354
Other7
Origin
Native1
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO13 968 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 accuracy70% within 1 km
≤100 m 2 155≤1 km 396≤10 km 811>10 km 260
3 622 georeferenced · 639 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor4 261
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 accuracy73% within 1 km
≤100 m 46≤1 km 72≤10 km 40>10 km 4
162 georeferenced · 192 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence354
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 47 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
32
Helsinki, FI
29
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
25
Olocation not on record
22
Karlsruhe, DE
18
San Sebastián, ES
17
Kew, GB
12
Copenhagen, DK
11
BDBClocation not on record
11
Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record
7
Chicago, US
7
Göteborg, SE
6
WU-MYClocation not on record
5
Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record
5
Philadelphia, US
5
Joensuu, FI
5
Brisbane, AU
5
Kensington, AU
4
V. N. Karazin National Universitylocation not on record
4
Toronto, CA
3
Université de Montréal Biodiversity Centrelocation not on record
3
Tartu, EE
3
Davis and Elkins Collegelocation not on record
2
University of Oslo, Natural History Museumlocation not on record
2
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record
2
TUR-Alocation not on record
2
Denver, US
2
TROMlocation not on record
2
Zürich, CH
2
TENN-Flocation not on record
2
Colorado State Universitylocation not on record
2
DPIlocation not on record
2
St. Paul, US
2
Mlocation not on record
1
Auckland, NZ
1
Gijón, ES
1
Cornell University, Plant Pathology Herbariumlocation not on record
1
JA-CAGPDS-CAMlocation not on record
1
nsnflocation not on record
1
LDlocation not on record
1
Uppsala, SE
1
Trondheim, NO
1
Oregon State University, Herbariumlocation not on record
1
Kyiv, UA
1
Adelaide, AU
1
Salzburg, AT
1
Catholic University of Pekinglocation not on record
1
47 institutions · 275 of 354 vouchered records shown · 78 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA162 detections
Where the DNA of Conocybe apala 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 found162
Studies independent surveys7
Countries7
Signal confidence: moderateweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
70 samples with on-site data · median with range · describes the sample, not the organism
Modelled climatemodelled
−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C
Temperature median21.2 °C 12.3–25.5
Seasonal swing summer↔winter13.8 °C
Max temp (day)27.4 °C 16.5–31.2
Min temp (night)15.8 °C 8.00–19.2
Precipitation12.3 mm/mo 6.20–95.3
Air humidity45.7 % 43.0–62.9
Moisture balance-123 mm/mo -142–31.0
Vapour deficit1,372 Pa 581–1,643
Wind speed4.20 m/s 2.50–4.80
Cloud cover23.2 % 16.1–44.3
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 145 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-EBI162 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics22 specimens↗
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