Conocybe rickenii is a mushroom from the genus Conocybe. Its edibility is disputed, and it has the appearance of a typical little brown mushroom with a small, conical cap, and long, thin stem. In colour, it is generally a cream-brown, lighter on the stem, and it has a thin layer of flesh with no distinct smell or taste. It is a coprophilous fungus, feeding off dung and it is most common on very rich soil or growing directly from dung. It can be found in Europe, Australia and Pacific islands.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Compounds documented for Conocybe rickenii across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
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 rickenii has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens1
Marker genes1
GenBank sequences8
eDNA detections61
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.
★ITS8
fungal barcode
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type881 records
Wild obs. + sensor572
Museum / vouchered307
Other2
Origin
Native1
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO2 420 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 accuracy29% within 1 km
≤100 m 103≤1 km 48≤10 km 366
517 georeferenced · 55 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor572
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 accuracy58% within 1 km
≤100 m 15≤1 km 46≤10 km 35>10 km 10
106 georeferenced · 201 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence307
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 institutions26 of 45 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Karlsruhe, DE
36
MeiseBGlocation not on record
32
Görlitz, DE
22
WU-MYClocation not on record
20
Copenhagen, DK
17
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
13
Olocation not on record
9
Kew, GB
9
Uppsala, SE
8
Göteborg, SE
8
Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record
8
7
Helsinki, FI
6
Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record
6
GJOlocation not on record
5
Zürich, CH
4
Salzburg, AT
3
Joensuu, FI
3
Guasave, MX
3
Vancouver, CA
3
Tilburg, NL
3
BDBClocation not on record
2
Tartu, EE
2
WTUlocation not on record
2
Université de Montréal Biodiversity Centrelocation not on record
2
TENN-Flocation not on record
2
Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Skłodowskiejlocation not on record
2
Bronx, US
2
Denver, US
1
Kensington, AU
1
Chicago, US
1
Ann Arbor, US
1
Leicester, GB
1
Oulu, FI
1
Bardejov, SK
1
Durham, US
1
Mlocation not on record
1
Blacksburg, US
1
IB FRC Komi SC UB RASlocation not on record
1
JA-CAGPDS-CAMlocation not on record
1
TROMlocation not on record
1
LDlocation not on record
1
Baton Rouge, US
1
MAlocation not on record
1
DPIlocation not on record
1
45 institutions · 256 of 307 vouchered records shown · 51 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA61 detections
Where the DNA of Conocybe rickenii 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 found61
Studies independent surveys4
Countries2
Signal confidence: moderateweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 61 detections have coordinates
Open the map2 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.
20 samples with on-site data · median with range · describes the sample, not the organism
Modelled climatemodelled
−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C
Temperature median15.8 °C 14.1–16.7
Seasonal swing summer↔winter14.7 °C
Max temp (day)21.2 °C 19.4–23.1
Min temp (night)10.0 °C 9.50–10.9
Precipitation29.6 mm/mo 28.4–53.9
Air humidity51.8 % 51.1–58.9
Moisture balance-106 mm/mo -110–-32.0
Vapour deficit865 Pa 662–919
Wind speed4.20 m/s 4.10–4.80
Cloud cover18.6 % 17.6–24.5
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 60 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.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility881 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI61 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics1 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗