Dacryopinax elegans is a species of jelly fungus in the family Dacrymycetaceae. It was originally formally described as Guepinia elegans by Miles Berkeley and Moses Ashley Curtis in 1849. George Willard Martin transferred it to the genus Dacryopinax in 1948.
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 Dacryopinax elegans has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens5
Marker genes2
eDNA detections5
Countries2
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.
★ITS★ITS1
fungal barcode
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type1 048 records
Wild obs. + sensor880
Museum / vouchered168
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO3 228 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 accuracy81% within 1 km
≤100 m 417≤1 km 153≤10 km 75>10 km 60
705 georeferenced · 175 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor880
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 accuracy13% within 1 km
≤100 m 2≤1 km 11≤10 km 67>10 km 23
103 georeferenced · 65 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence168
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 institutions11 of 28 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Baton Rouge, US
72
ILLSlocation not on record
13
St. Paul, US
10
Durango, MX
7
Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabascolocation not on record
6
TENN-Flocation not on record
6
UFPElocation not on record
5
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record
4
UFESlocation not on record
4
IPA/SPlocation not on record
4
Bernard Price Institute for Palaeontological Researchlocation not on record
3
Chicago, US
3
Bronx, US
3
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA)location not on record
2
Champaign, US
2
Catholic University of Pekinglocation not on record
2
FLASlocation not on record
2
Denver, US
1
Fungario QCAM de la Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuadorlocation not on record
1
Mexico City, MX
1
UNESP-IBILCElocation not on record
1
Mexico City, MX
1
Vancouver, CA
1
Research Collection of Trey Richardslocation not on record
1
Colorado State Universitylocation not on record
1
Madison, US
1
UFSClocation not on record
1
Private Collection of Sarah DeLong-Duhonlocation not on record
1
28 institutions · 159 of 168 vouchered records shown · 9 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA5 detections
Where the DNA of Dacryopinax elegans 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 found5
Studies independent surveys1
Countries2
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 5 detections have coordinates
Open the map2 countries0
Bosque Seco Tropical
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.
Modelled climatemodelled
−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C
Temperature median22.5 °C 22.2–27.0
Seasonal swing summer↔winter29.7 °C
Max temp (day)28.2 °C 27.5–31.3
Min temp (night)18.1 °C 18.0–22.4
Precipitation89.2 mm/mo 57.0–115
Air humidity57.3 % 53.3–59.1
Moisture balance-87.7 mm/mo -88.4–-34.8
Vapour deficit1,166 Pa 1,099–1,686
Wind speed2.50 m/s 2.50–3.40
Cloud cover33.3 % 31.1–68.4
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 3 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.
