Laccaria amethystina
Cooke · speciesAt a glance
Sources10 archives
Databases and archives Laccaria amethystina's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation10 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility88 824 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI285 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics45 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Laccaria amethystina, commonly known as the "amethyst deceiver", is a small brightly colored mushroom, that grows in deciduous and coniferous forests. The mushroom itself is edible, but can absorb arsenic from the soil. Because its bright amethyst coloration fades with age and weathering, it becomes difficult to identify, hence the common name "deceiver". This common name is shared with its close relation Laccaria laccata that also fades and weathers. It is found mainly in Northern temperate zones, though it is reported to occur in tropical Central and South America as well. Recently, some of the other species in the genus have been given the common name of "deceiver".
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
No structured trait data for this taxon yet.
Compounds documented for Laccaria amethystina across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Documented compounds2 total
| Compound | Class | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laccaridione A | present | LOTUS | |
| Laccaridione B | present | LOTUS |
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 Laccaria amethystina has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
★ 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.
The complete instruction manual Laccaria amethystina 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
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).
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.
Record type88 824 records
Origin
Range
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
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.
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Holding institutions45 of 104 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Universidade de Lisboa, Museu Bocagelocation not on record | 165 |
| Chicago, US | 135 |
| Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record | 76 |
| Zapopan, MX | 73 |
| Durango, MX | 67 |
| Olocation not on record | 64 |
| National Biodiversity Institute, Costa Ricalocation not on record | 36 |
| Uppsala, SE | 35 |
| Helsinki, FI | 33 |
| Kew, GB | 31 |
| Bronx, US | 30 |
| TENN-Flocation not on record | 29 |
| HabitatVisionlocation not on record | 29 |
| Trondheim, NO | 28 |
| LDlocation not on record | 25 |
| BDBClocation not on record | 23 |
| WTUlocation not on record | 21 |
| Mlocation not on record | 17 |
| Champaign, US | 17 |
| DPIlocation not on record | 16 |
| Uniwersytet Łódzkilocation not on record | 16 |
| TROMlocation not on record | 15 |
| ILLSlocation not on record | 15 |
| Philadelphia, US | 14 |
| MeiseBGlocation not on record | 14 |
| San Sebastián, ES | 13 |
| National Mushroom Centre, Department of Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, Bhutanlocation not on record | 13 |
| Université de Montréal Biodiversity Centrelocation not on record | 12 |
| Osaka, JP | 11 |
| SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record | 10 |
| St. Paul, US | 10 |
| Vitoria, ES | 9 |
| Karlsruhe, DE | 9 |
| Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record | 9 |
| Kyiv, UA | 8 |
| Toronto, CA | 8 |
| Slovenian Forestry Institutelocation not on record | 8 |
| Tomioka, JP | 8 |
| WU-MYClocation not on record | 7 |
| Bardejov, SK | 7 |
| Vancouver, CA | 7 |
| Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung: Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseumlocation not on record | 7 |
| Natural History Museum, Tribhuvan Universitylocation not on record | 6 |
| Denver, US | 6 |
| Catholic University of Pekinglocation not on record | 5 |
| Staten Island, US | 5 |
| Department of Plant Resources, National Herbarium and Plant Laboratorieslocation not on record | 5 |
| University of Oslo, Natural History Museumlocation not on record | 4 |
| Mexico City, MX | 4 |
| Entomological Society of Latvialocation not on record | 4 |
| Ann Arbor, US | 4 |
| Göteborg, SE | 4 |
| MAlocation not on record | 4 |
| Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (PUJ)location not on record | 4 |
| Bando, JP | 4 |
| Davis and Elkins Collegelocation not on record | 4 |
| Zürich, CH | 4 |
| GJOlocation not on record | 3 |
| Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Instituto de Biologialocation not on record | 3 |
| Kuopio, FI | 3 |
| Warsaw, PL | 3 |
| Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record | 3 |
| Salzburg, AT | 3 |
| Durham, US | 3 |
| Copenhagen, DK | 3 |
| Acadia Universitylocation not on record | 3 |
| Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Skłodowskiejlocation not on record | 3 |
| Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record | 3 |
| Bernard Price Institute for Palaeontological Researchlocation not on record | 2 |
| Ixtacuixtla de Mariano Matamoros, MX | 2 |
| BRNUlocation not on record | 2 |
| V. N. Karazin National Universitylocation not on record | 2 |
| CJBGlocation not on record | 2 |
| National Institute of Biological Resourceslocation not on record | 2 |
| KOMlocation not on record | 2 |
| JA-CAGPDS-CAMlocation not on record | 2 |
| Blacksburg, US | 2 |
| Colorado State Universitylocation not on record | 2 |
| McWane Science Centerlocation not on record | 2 |
| IFR-DNFlocation not on record | 2 |
| FLASlocation not on record | 2 |
| Kathmandu, NP | 2 |
| Winterthur, CH | 1 |
| Leicester, GB | 1 |
| BioFokuslocation not on record | 1 |
| Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (IAvH)location not on record | 1 |
| Royal Ontario Museum, TRTC Fungariumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record | 1 |
| Pullman, US | 1 |
| Mexico City, MX | 1 |
| Odawara, JP | 1 |
| Youngstown State Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Gijón, ES | 1 |
| Mexico City, MX | 1 |
| DIEF VALONSADEROlocation not on record | 1 |
| Senckenberg Institute for Plant Form and Function at Friedrich Schiller University Jenalocation not on record | 1 |
| UAclocation not on record | 1 |
| Toyota city nature sanctuarylocation not on record | 1 |
| Universidad de los Andes (UNIANDES)location not on record | 1 |
| US | 1 |
| Oulu, FI | 1 |
| nsnflocation not on record | 1 |
| Herb. Agererlocation not on record | 1 |
| Ciudad de México, MX | 1 |
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Where the DNA of Laccaria amethystina 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
Where its DNA was found
How strong is each trace?
Modelled climatemodelled
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.