Diploicia canescens is a widespread species of lichenized fungus. It is found throughout much of the world, occurring on every continent except Antarctica.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Compounds documented for Diploicia canescens 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 Diploicia canescens has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens4
Marker genes1
eDNA detections4
Countries3
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
fungal barcode
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type26 455 records
Wild obs. + sensor25 282
Museum / vouchered1 119
Other54
Origin
Native42
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO46 816 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 10 862≤1 km 2 309≤10 km 11 119>10 km 93
24 383 georeferenced · 899 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor25 282
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 accuracy47% within 1 km
≤100 m 55≤1 km 145≤10 km 208>10 km 16
424 georeferenced · 695 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence1 119
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 institutions39 of 70 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
ASUlocation not on record
140
TSBlocation not on record
76
Berlin, DE
72
LDlocation not on record
59
St. Paul, US
59
Santa Barbara, US
54
Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung: Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseumlocation not on record
46
BDBClocation not on record
45
Uppsala, SE
39
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record
38
Hobart, AU
36
Madison, US
34
Durham, US
23
CLUlocation not on record
23
DOI/NPS, Colonial National Historical Parklocation not on record
23
València, ES
22
MeiseBGlocation not on record
22
Barcelona, ES
21
Olocation not on record
16
South Kensington, GB
14
US
14
Canberra, AU
13
Chicago, US
10
Museo Achille Folettolocation not on record
10
Bergen, NO
9
US
8
Adelaide, AU
7
San Sebastián, ES
7
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
7
University of Gdansklocation not on record
5
DASSHlocation not on record
5
Kew, GB
4
Auckland, NZ
4
Stockholm, SE
4
Natural History and Science Museum of the University of PO-Lrto (MHNC-UP)location not on record
3
Kensington, AU
3
Madrid, ES
3
European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy (EDIT)location not on record
2
GZUlocation not on record
2
Edinburgh, GB
2
Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record
2
CABI Bioscience Genetic Resource Collectionlocation not on record
2
Brisbane, AU
2
University of Hamburglocation not on record
2
MAlocation not on record
2
Bourges, FR
2
Boise, US
2
Wuzhou, CN
2
Tilburg, NL
2
McWane Science Centerlocation not on record
2
UNITOlocation not on record
2
Chapel Hill, US
2
Trondheim, NO
1
Entomological Society of Latvialocation not on record
1
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kewlocation not on record
1
UAclocation not on record
1
Karlsruhe, DE
1
Mexico City, MX
1
EL PASO, US
1
Mlocation not on record
1
Minia, EG
1
DOI/NPS, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Sitelocation not on record
1
San Diego, US
1
Fort Hayslocation not on record
1
Armidale, AU
1
CJBGlocation not on record
1
Vitoria, ES
1
Philadelphia, US
1
Barcelona, ES
1
M-Lichenslocation not on record
1
70 institutions · 1 026 of 1 119 vouchered records shown · 84 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA4 detections
Where the DNA of Diploicia canescens 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 found4
Studies independent surveys1
Countries3
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 4 detections have coordinates
Open the map3 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.
Modelled climatemodelled
−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C
Temperature median14.9 °C 8.90–15.2
Seasonal swing summer↔winter20.3 °C
Max temp (day)19.5 °C 11.2–20.1
Min temp (night)9.00 °C 6.20–9.20
Precipitation52.8 mm/mo 33.4–104
Air humidity55.6 % 52.9–63.4
Moisture balance-41.2 mm/mo
Vapour deficit868 Pa 469–953
Wind speed2.30 m/s
Cloud cover39.6 % 38.3–57.1
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 4 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 Facility26 449 records↗
OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System6 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI4 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics4 specimens↗
NPASSNat. Product Activity & Species Sourcecompounds↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗