Elaphomyces granulatus est une espèce de champignons très communs. Il est cependant presque inconnu du grand public, car ne se développant que sous le sol durant tout son cycle de vie, y compris pour sa fructification. Il est souvent appelé truffe du cerf ou truffe des cerfs, nom qui peut aussi désigner de nombreuses autres espèces proches, difficile à différencier à l'œil nu. Malgré son nom, ce n'est pas une truffe « vraie » au sens culinaire du terme. Il est peu consommé et peu recherché par l'homme car peu goûteux. Il est par contre très apprécié par de nombreux animaux, dont les sangliers et l'écureuil roux qui recherchent activement ses fructifications pour s'en nourrir. Ces animaux jouent un rôle important pour l'espèce, car ils en diffusent les spores, ce qui permet la reproduction du champignon.
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 Elaphomyces granulatus has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens6
Marker genes2
GenBank sequences9
eDNA detections335
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.
★ITS9★ITS2
fungal barcode
06Genome at a glanceGoaT · NCBI
The complete instruction manualElaphomyces granulatus carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.
Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is
Genome size≈79 188 154 bp assembly estimate
Measured in base pairs (bp) — the individual letters of DNA (human ≈ 3.2 Gb, a bacterium a few million). The chart places this genome on a logarithmic scale — each step to the right is ten times bigger — among reference organisms. Across species a bigger genome loosely tracks with larger cells, slower growth and lower-energy lifestyles (powered flight favours small genomes) — yet it does not imply more genes or a more advanced organism (the long-standing C-value paradox).
BACTERIUM Carsonella ruddii0.00016 Gb
FUNGUS0.04 Gb
THIS GENOME Elaphomyces granulatus0.08 Gb
INSECT0.25 Gb
HUMAN3.2 Gb
WHEAT17 Gb
FERN Tmesipteris160.45 Gb
Sequencing statusassembly quality — how far to trust these numbers
Assembly level tells you how finished the sequence is — from fragmented contigs, through scaffolds, up to a full chromosome-level assembly. BUSCO % estimates completeness: the share of genes expected to be present that were actually found. These describe the data quality, not the organism.
Assembly levelScaffold
Completeness84.8% BUSCO
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type3 398 records
Wild obs. + sensor1 872
Museum / vouchered1 515
Cultivated / captive1
Other10
Origin
Introduced1
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO8 848 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 accuracy48% within 1 km
≤100 m 504≤1 km 269≤10 km 823>10 km 29
1 625 georeferenced · 247 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor1 872
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 266≤1 km 195≤10 km 189>10 km 143
793 georeferenced · 722 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence1 515
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Coordinate accuracy0% within 1 km
≤10 km 1
1 georeferenced
Open the mapnot free-living1
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 institutions43 of 83 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
267
Helsinki, FI
132
Philadelphia, US
71
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
69
Uppsala, SE
62
Stockholm, SE
47
Karlsruhe, DE
37
Bernard Price Institute for Palaeontological Researchlocation not on record
37
Ann Arbor, US
29
WTUlocation not on record
26
Copenhagen, DK
22
Trondheim, NO
16
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record
16
Davis and Elkins Collegelocation not on record
15
WU-MYClocation not on record
14
Chicago, US
13
San Sebastián, ES
13
Joensuu, FI
12
Vancouver, CA
12
Universidade de Lisboa, Museu Bocagelocation not on record
11
Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record
11
Durango, MX
11
Catholic University of Pekinglocation not on record
10
FAMCALlocation not on record
10
Kew, GB
9
Kuopio, FI
9
Bardejov, SK
8
LDlocation not on record
8
Pullman, US
8
St. Paul, US
8
Görlitz, DE
7
Uniwersytet Łódzkilocation not on record
6
GJOlocation not on record
6
Göteborg, SE
5
Mlocation not on record
4
Salzburg, AT
4
Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record
4
DPIlocation not on record
4
Durham, US
4
BDBClocation not on record
4
New Brunswick, US
4
TENN-Flocation not on record
4
MeiseBGlocation not on record
3
CA
3
Vitoria, ES
3
Bando, JP
3
CBDClocation not on record
3
Canberra, AU
3
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record
3
Université de Montréal Biodiversity Centrelocation not on record
2
CJBGlocation not on record
2
Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung: Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseumlocation not on record
2
Mexico City, MX
2
FLASlocation not on record
2
Jyväskylä, FI
2
TROMlocation not on record
2
Tartu, EE
2
UAclocation not on record
1
Clemson, US
1
Brown Universitylocation not on record
1
Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Skłodowskiejlocation not on record
1
Gijón, ES
1
McWane Science Centerlocation not on record
1
JA-CAGPDS-CAMlocation not on record
1
Burlington, US
1
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Nortelocation not on record
1
US
1
Chapel Hill, US
1
Baton Rouge, US
1
California State University, East Baylocation not on record
1
nsnflocation not on record
1
Bronx, US
1
Osaka, JP
1
Zapopan, MX
1
Herb. Agererlocation not on record
1
Acadia Universitylocation not on record
1
BRNUlocation not on record
1
University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU)location not on record
1
Berlin, DE
1
Tampa, US
1
Madison, US
1
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kewlocation not on record
1
Toronto, CA
1
83 institutions · 1 132 of 1 515 vouchered records shown · 383 without an institution code
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
09Environmental DNA335 detections
Where the DNA of Elaphomyces granulatus 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 found335
Studies independent surveys5
Countries5
Verifiable raw sequence linked1
Signal confidence: moderateweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 335 detections have coordinates
Open the map5 countries0
Grassland soilForestNearcticAustralasiaSoil
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.
260 samples with on-site data · median with range · describes the sample, not the organism
Modelled climatemodelled
−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C
Temperature median12.8 °C 8.80–22.1
Seasonal swing summer↔winter12.2 °C
Max temp (day)18.0 °C 12.9–27.3
Min temp (night)8.80 °C 4.70–17.8
Precipitation83.2 mm/mo 22.4–123
Air humidity59.7 % 51.9–63.7
Moisture balance-23.7 mm/mo -100–38.8
Vapour deficit637 Pa 425–1,169
Wind speed2.50 m/s 1.90–4.60
Cloud cover20.1 % 7.60–37.7
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 333 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.
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility3 398 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI335 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics6 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗