Helvella acetabulum is a species of fungus in the family Helvellaceae, order Pezizales. This relatively large cup-shaped fungus is characterized by a tan fruit body with prominent branching ribs resembling a cabbage leaf; for this reason it is commonly known as the cabbage leaf Helvella. Other colloquial names include the vinegar cup and the brown ribbed elfin cup. The fruit bodies reaches dimensions of 8 cm by 4 cm tall. It is found in Asia, Europe, and North America, where it grows in sandy soils, under both coniferous and deciduous trees.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Compounds documented for Helvella acetabulum across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile1 class
Aminoacids1
Documented compounds1 total
Compound
Class
Amount
Source
Methylhydrazine
present
LOTUS
05DNA & barcoding9 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 Helvella acetabulum has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens9
Marker genes2
GenBank sequences10
eDNA detections1
Countries4
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.
★ITS10★ITS1
fungal barcode
06Genome at a glanceGoaT
The complete instruction manualHelvella acetabulum 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 size99 370 000 bp
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 Helvella acetabulum0.10 Gb
INSECT0.25 Gb
HUMAN3.2 Gb
WHEAT17 Gb
FERN Tmesipteris160.45 Gb
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type5 687 records
Wild obs. + sensor4 578
Museum / vouchered1 080
Other29
Origin
Native13
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO13 936 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 accuracy44% within 1 km
≤100 m 1 260≤1 km 442≤10 km 2 034>10 km 118
3 854 georeferenced · 724 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor4 578
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 accuracy55% within 1 km
≤100 m 97≤1 km 187≤10 km 190>10 km 47
521 georeferenced · 559 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence1 080
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 institutions48 of 84 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Berlin, DE
101
Copenhagen, DK
78
Olocation not on record
77
Uppsala, SE
69
Helsinki, FI
54
Tartu, EE
27
BDBClocation not on record
26
Chicago, US
25
FAMCALlocation not on record
24
Karlsruhe, DE
24
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
24
Ann Arbor, US
23
San Sebastián, ES
20
Bernard Price Institute for Palaeontological Researchlocation not on record
19
WU-MYClocation not on record
18
Görlitz, DE
18
Kew, GB
18
JA-CAGPDS-CAMlocation not on record
17
Denver, US
14
Zapopan, MX
12
Catholic University of Pekinglocation not on record
11
Göteborg, SE
11
Vitoria, ES
10
9
LDlocation not on record
8
Université de Montréal Biodiversity Centrelocation not on record
8
Salzburg, AT
8
Universidade de Lisboa, Museu Bocagelocation not on record
8
ILLSlocation not on record
7
Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record
7
WTUlocation not on record
7
FLASlocation not on record
7
University of Tennessee at Chattanoogalocation not on record
7
Odawara, JP
7
GJOlocation not on record
6
Colorado State Universitylocation not on record
6
MeiseBGlocation not on record
6
Uniwersytet Łódzkilocation not on record
6
Trondheim, NO
5
Bardejov, SK
5
Stockholm, SE
5
Warsaw, PL
5
TROMlocation not on record
5
Osaka, JP
5
Bronx, US
5
Córdoba, ES
5
Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record
4
Davis and Elkins Collegelocation not on record
4
Tilburg, NL
4
MAlocation not on record
4
Staten Island, US
4
Philadelphia, US
4
Vancouver, CA
3
Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record
3
St. Paul, US
3
Jyväskylä, FI
3
TENN-Flocation not on record
3
Mexico City, MX
3
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record
3
Ciudad de México, MX
3
Bando, JP
3
CJBGlocation not on record
3
Champaign, US
2
Ixtacuixtla de Mariano Matamoros, MX
2
Centro de Estudios Superiores del Estado de Sonoralocation not on record
2
Mexico City, MX
2
Provincia di Livornolocation not on record
2
Baton Rouge, US
2
Salamanca, ES
1
Madison, US
1
BRNUlocation not on record
1
Zürich, CH
1
Orto botanico di Lucca | Botanical Garden of Luccalocation not on record
1
PRClocation not on record
1
Mlocation not on record
1
Nagatoro-machi, Chichibu-gun, JP
1
Gijón, ES
1
TUR-Alocation not on record
1
Laramie, US
1
Durham, US
1
Kuopio, FI
1
CA
1
nsnflocation not on record
1
Oulu, FI
1
84 institutions · 949 of 1 080 vouchered records shown · 131 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA1 detections
Where the DNA of Helvella acetabulum 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
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 1 detections have coordinates
Open the map0 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.
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 Foundation8 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility5 687 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI1 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics9 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome ~0.10 Gbp↗
Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗