Ephebe lanata is a species of fruticose lichen in the family Lichinaceae, and the type species of the genus Ephebe. The lichen was first described as a new species by Swedish taxonomist Carl Linnaeus in his seminal 1753 work Species Plantarum, as Lichen lanatus. Finnish lichenologist Edvard August Vainio transferred it to Ephebe in 1888. In North America, it is known colloquially as the "rockshag lichen".
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 Ephebe lanata has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens2
Marker genes1
eDNA detections1
Countries1
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
06Genome at a glanceGoaT · NCBI
The complete instruction manualEphebe lanata 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≈38 055 185 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
THIS GENOME Ephebe lanata0.04 Gb
FUNGUS0.04 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 levelChromosome
Completeness95% BUSCO
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type2 603 records
Wild obs. + sensor1 782
Museum / vouchered810
Other11
Origin
Native3
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO7 448 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 accuracy60% within 1 km
≤100 m 469≤1 km 581≤10 km 679>10 km 20
1 749 georeferenced · 33 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor1 782
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 accuracy45% within 1 km
≤100 m 84≤1 km 125≤10 km 173>10 km 79
461 georeferenced · 349 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence810
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 institutions41 of 81 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Uppsala, SE
104
Olocation not on record
71
LDlocation not on record
58
Madison, US
47
Kensington, AU
38
DOI/NPS, Colonial National Historical Parklocation not on record
32
Durham, US
32
Vancouver, CA
29
Bergen, NO
22
Chicago, US
20
Göteborg, SE
18
Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record
17
16
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record
16
Bronx, US
16
Université Lavallocation not on record
13
Stockholm, SE
13
TROMlocation not on record
12
ASUlocation not on record
12
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
10
St. Paul, US
10
Trondheim, NO
9
WTUlocation not on record
9
ILLSlocation not on record
9
Boise, US
9
Polar-Alpine Botanical Garden-Institutelocation not on record
8
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
7
nbflocation not on record
7
US
6
Berlin, DE
6
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record
6
BG-NMNHSlocation not on record
5
Museo Achille Folettolocation not on record
5
Entomological Society of Latvialocation not on record
5
Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung: Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseumlocation not on record
5
TSBlocation not on record
5
Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record
4
MeiseBGlocation not on record
3
Champaign, US
3
PHlocation not on record
3
Barcelona, ES
3
Philadelphia, US
3
San Sebastián, ES
3
BDBClocation not on record
3
Ann Arbor, US
3
Minia, EG
3
Santa Barbara, US
3
McWane Science Centerlocation not on record
3
València, ES
2
Staatsarchiv Urilocation not on record
2
Helsinki, FI
2
University of Gdansklocation not on record
2
South Kensington, GB
2
Porvoo, FI
2
Kew, GB
2
Canberra, AU
2
NYSlocation not on record
2
Knoxville, US
2
SBPlocation not on record
2
Oskarshamn, SE
2
University of Manitobalocation not on record
2
Edmonton, CA
2
FLASlocation not on record
2
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburghlocation not on record
1
Burlington, US
1
BClocation not on record
1
Butler Universitylocation not on record
1
Bozeman, US
1
Chapel Hill, US
1
Wuzhou, CN
1
Frauenfeld, CH
1
Salzburg, AT
1
National Biodiversity Institute, Costa Ricalocation not on record
1
BioFokuslocation not on record
1
Madrid, ES
1
University of Hamburglocation not on record
1
Umeå Universitylocation not on record
1
MAlocation not on record
1
Oulu, FI
1
Bloomington, US
1
GZUlocation not on record
1
81 institutions · 792 of 810 vouchered records shown · 18 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA1 detections
Where the DNA of Ephebe lanata 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 found1
Studies independent surveys1
Countries1
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 1 detections have coordinates
Open the map1 country0
on boulders and rocks in upland clear stream
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 median11.7 °C 11.7–11.7
Seasonal swing summer↔winter10.1 °C
Max temp (day)13.5 °C
Min temp (night)8.00 °C
Precipitation155 mm/mo
Air humidity72.7 %
Moisture balance65.5 mm/mo
Vapour deficit377 Pa
Wind speed5.40 m/s
Cloud cover58.4 %
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 1 detection point · 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 Foundation1 languages↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility2 603 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI1 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics2 specimens↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinegenome & karyotype↗
Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗