Laccaria laccata, commonly known as the deceiver, or waxy laccaria, is a white-spored species of small edible mushroom found throughout North America and Europe. It is a highly variable mushroom (hence 'deceiver'), and can look quite washed out, colorless and drab, but when younger it often assumes red, pinkish brown, and orange tones. The species is often considered by mushroom collectors to be a 'mushroom weed' because of its abundance and plain stature.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Compounds documented for Laccaria laccata 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 Laccaria laccata has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens64
Marker genes4
eDNA detections914
Countries32
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.
★COI-5P★ITS★ITS1★ITS2
animal barcodefungal barcode
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type54 055 records
Wild obs. + sensor50 012
Museum / vouchered3 853
Cultivated / captive2
Other188
Origin
Native2
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO78 820 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 accuracy45% within 1 km
≤100 m 12 691≤1 km 9 065≤10 km 26 070>10 km 319
48 145 georeferenced · 1 867 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor50 012
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 accuracy63% within 1 km
≤100 m 220≤1 km 929≤10 km 499>10 km 182
1 830 georeferenced · 2 023 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence3 853
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Coordinate accuracy
no georeferenced coordinates · 2 records without
Open the mapnot free-living2
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 institutions50 of 107 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
TROMlocation not on record
389
TENN-Flocation not on record
354
Joensuu, FI
270
Olocation not on record
238
Bronx, US
232
Chicago, US
224
WTUlocation not on record
143
Uppsala, SE
132
BDBClocation not on record
116
Toronto, CA
105
Kyiv, UA
96
Pullman, US
59
Jyväskylä, FI
57
Vancouver, CA
56
Karlsruhe, DE
56
Bernard Price Institute for Palaeontological Researchlocation not on record
46
IB FRC Komi SC UB RASlocation not on record
45
Uniwersytet Łódzkilocation not on record
43
Catholic University of Pekinglocation not on record
43
Kensington, AU
41
Davis and Elkins Collegelocation not on record
40
St. Paul, US
38
San Sebastián, ES
36
ILLSlocation not on record
31
Copenhagen, DK
28
Kew, GB
28
Philadelphia, US
25
Tartu, EE
24
Chapel Hill, US
22
MeiseBGlocation not on record
22
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record
22
FLASlocation not on record
21
LDlocation not on record
21
Universidade de Lisboa, Museu Bocagelocation not on record
20
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
19
Denver, US
19
Champaign, US
18
US
18
Tomioka, JP
17
JA-CAGPDS-CAMlocation not on record
17
Trondheim, NO
15
GJOlocation not on record
15
WU-MYClocation not on record
14
Department of Plant Resources, National Herbarium and Plant Laboratorieslocation not on record
14
Blacksburg, US
14
Ann Arbor, US
13
National Mushroom Centre, Department of Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, Bhutanlocation not on record
12
Osaka, JP
11
Royal Ontario Museum, TRTC Fungariumlocation not on record
11
Bando, JP
10
Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Instituto de Biologialocation not on record
8
Natural History Museum, Tribhuvan Universitylocation not on record
8
V. N. Karazin National Universitylocation not on record
7
Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung: Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseumlocation not on record
6
Göteborg, SE
6
Durham, US
6
Surgut State Universitylocation not on record
6
Bardejov, SK
6
Université de Montréal Biodiversity Centrelocation not on record
6
Grupo Actinomicetales Merida Facultad de Medicinalocation not on record
5
CA
5
Auckland, NZ
5
Tampa, US
5
Asheville, US
4
Cincinnati, US
4
BRNUlocation not on record
4
University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU)location not on record
4
National Museums of Kenyalocation not on record
4
University of Oslo, Natural History Museumlocation not on record
4
IPA/SPlocation not on record
3
NAlocation not on record
3
Staten Island, US
3
Kathmandu, NP
3
Acadia Universitylocation not on record
3
Baton Rouge, US
3
McWane Science Centerlocation not on record
3
Rene Pomerleau Herbariumlocation not on record
2
nsnflocation not on record
2
Canberra, AU
2
Tromso University Museumlocation not on record
2
Hobart, AU
2
Clemson, US
2
Leicester, GB
2
PHlocation not on record
2
Logan, US
2
Mérida, ES
2
KNAMlocation not on record
2
Warsaw, PL
2
Cornell University, Plant Pathology Herbariumlocation not on record
1
Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record
1
European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy (EDIT)location not on record
1
Toyota city nature sanctuarylocation not on record
1
Universidad de los Andes (UNIANDES)location not on record
1
University of Tennessee at Chattanoogalocation not on record
1
PRClocation not on record
1
UFPRlocation not on record
1
Turku, FI
1
Berlin, DE
1
PUC-RSlocation not on record
1
Laramie, US
1
Paris, FR
1
Youngstown State Universitylocation not on record
1
Provincia di Livornolocation not on record
1
Mlocation not on record
1
Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Skłodowskiejlocation not on record
1
Madison, US
1
Charles University in Praguelocation not on record
1
107 institutions · 3 527 of 3 853 vouchered records shown · 307 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 DNA914 detections
Where the DNA of Laccaria laccata 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 found914
Studies independent surveys5
Countries32
Signal confidence: moderateweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 914 detections have coordinates
Open the map32 countries0
In Sphagnum, along brook in middle boreal, s…PalearcticNearcticIndomalayanGrasplen m/hemlokk og bjørkrik bjørkeskog. LÃ¥gurt/høgstaude.
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 median13.1 °C 5.90–17.5
Seasonal swing summer↔winter22.5 °C
Max temp (day)15.1 °C 8.70–20.8
Min temp (night)9.10 °C 2.20–13.9
Precipitation80.8 mm/mo 61.0–166
Air humidity62.4 % 58.7–66.5
Moisture balance3.10 mm/mo -43.4–85.5
Vapour deficit569 Pa 317–783
Wind speed3.20 m/s 2.30–5.00
Cloud cover42.5 % 32.4–60.4
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 857 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 Foundation11 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility54 055 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI914 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics64 specimens↗
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗