Deconica coprophila

(Bull.) P.Karst. · species

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Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Strophariaceae/Deconica

At a glance

Occurrence records1 950

Data sources7

Biological traits0

DNA specimens14

eDNA detections22

Sources7 archives

Databases and archives Deconica coprophila's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation5 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility1 950 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI22 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics14 specimens↗

LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

On this page5 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Chemical compositionLOTUS1 compounds

Occurrence & distributionGBIF1 950 records

Environmental DNA3 datasets · 13 countries22 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD14 specimens

01Narrative

Deconica coprophila, commonly known as the dung-loving psilocybe, or dung demon, is a species of mushroom in the family Strophariaceae. First described as Agaricus coprophilus by Jean Baptiste François Pierre Bulliard in 1793, it was transferred to the genus Psilocybe by Paul Kummer in 1871. In the first decade of the 2000s, several molecular studies showed that the Psilocybe was polyphyletic, and the non-bluing (non-hallucinogenic) species were transferred to Deconica. While non-toxic, the species is not a good edible mushroom.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

No structured trait data for this taxon yet.

03Chemical composition1 compounds

Compounds documented for Deconica coprophila across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").

Compound class profile1 class

Simple indole alkaloids1

Documented compounds1 total

Tissue Source Quantified only

Compound	Class	Amount	Source
[3-[2-(dimethylazaniumyl)ethyl]-1H-indol-4-yl] hydrogen phosphate		present	LOTUS

05DNA & barcoding14 specimens

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 Deconica coprophila has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens14

Marker genes3

eDNA detections22

Countries13

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★ITS2

fungal barcode

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type1 950 records

Wild obs. + sensor1 869

Museum / vouchered81

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO6 152 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 accuracy54% within 1 km

≤100 m 578≤1 km 260≤10 km 631>10 km 89

1 558 georeferenced · 311 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor1 869

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 accuracy65% within 1 km

≤100 m 9≤1 km 24≤10 km 18

51 georeferenced · 30 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence81

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 institutions8 of 24 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	14
TROMlocation not on record	5
WU-MYClocation not on record	5
Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record	5
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record	5
National Museums of Kenyalocation not on record	4
Trondheim, NO	3
Kyiv, UA	3
Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova \| Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record	2
TENN-Flocation not on record	2
Helsinki, FI	2
University of Oslo, Natural History Museumlocation not on record	2
Catholic University of Pekinglocation not on record	2
Logan, US	1
Salzburg, AT	1
Natural History Museum, Tribhuvan Universitylocation not on record	1
Santa Cruz, US	1
Schenectady, US	1
Tromso University Museumlocation not on record	1
California State University, East Baylocation not on record	1
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kewlocation not on record	1
Denver, US	1
UFESlocation not on record	1
Universidade Federale do Rio Grande do Sullocation not on record	1

24 institutions · 65 of 81 vouchered records shown · 13 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA22 detections

Where the DNA of Deconica coprophila 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 found22

Studies independent surveys3

Countries13

Signal confidence: moderateweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections

Where its DNA was found

0 of 22 detections have coordinates

Open the map13 countries0

AustralasiaAfrotropicNeotropicPa sauemokk i beitemarkForestpasture

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 median17.6 °C 9.20–25.0

Seasonal swing summer↔winter10.0 °C

Max temp (day)22.0 °C 10.5–27.9

Min temp (night)13.3 °C 6.30–23.0

Precipitation165 mm/mo 34.2–274

Air humidity63.9 % 52.9–68.2

Moisture balance40.4 mm/mo -61.7–181

Vapour deficit884 Pa 417–1,046

Wind speed2.60 m/s 1.50–4.70

Cloud cover38.6 % 25.6–59.6

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 17 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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Deconica coprophila

At a glance

Sources7 archives

Compound class profile1 class

Documented compounds1 total

At a glance

Record type1 950 records

Range

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions8 of 24 geolocated

Signal

Where its DNA was found

How strong is each trace?

Modelled climatemodelled

Record type1 950 records