Lacrymaria lacrymabunda is a species of fungus in the family Psathyrellaceae. It is found in North America, Central America, Europe, northern Asia, and New Zealand, where it grows on disturbed ground in woodland, gardens, and parks. Although it is sometimes listed as an edible species, some individuals report developing stomach upset after eating it. It has jet black, heavily ornamented spores and a fragile, brittle consistency.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Compounds documented for Lacrymaria lacrymabunda 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 Lacrymaria lacrymabunda has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens15
Marker genes2
eDNA detections170
Countries21
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.
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animal barcodefungal barcode
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type19 676 records
Wild obs. + sensor18 865
Museum / vouchered719
Cultivated / captive2
Other90
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO37 328 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 accuracy36% within 1 km
≤100 m 4 447≤1 km 1 650≤10 km 10 253>10 km 364
16 714 georeferenced · 2 151 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor18 865
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 accuracy71% within 1 km
≤100 m 70≤1 km 213≤10 km 106>10 km 11
400 georeferenced · 319 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence719
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 institutions44 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
56
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
39
Joensuu, FI
29
BDBClocation not on record
25
24
Görlitz, DE
24
TROMlocation not on record
21
Osaka, JP
19
Toronto, CA
17
San Sebastián, ES
17
WU-MYClocation not on record
16
Helsinki, FI
16
Vitoria, ES
15
Karlsruhe, DE
15
Kew, GB
15
Davis and Elkins Collegelocation not on record
14
Chicago, US
13
GJOlocation not on record
13
Tartu, EE
11
Trondheim, NO
10
LDlocation not on record
9
Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record
9
Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record
9
Kuopio, FI
9
Mlocation not on record
6
IB FRC Komi SC UB RASlocation not on record
6
KOMlocation not on record
6
Philadelphia, US
6
Salzburg, AT
5
Vancouver, CA
5
Auckland, NZ
5
St. Paul, US
5
TENN-Flocation not on record
4
National Institute of Biological Resourceslocation not on record
4
Hobart, AU
4
Université de Montréal Biodiversity Centrelocation not on record
4
TUR-Alocation not on record
4
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record
3
BRNUlocation not on record
3
Zürich, CH
3
Bando, JP
3
University of Oslo, Natural History Museumlocation not on record
3
Ann Arbor, US
2
Warsaw, PL
2
CJBGlocation not on record
2
Tilburg, NL
2
Tromso University Museumlocation not on record
2
Catholic University of Pekinglocation not on record
2
ARMS-MBONlocation not on record
2
Uppsala, SE
2
Turku, FI
2
Leicester, GB
2
Denver, US
2
Kensington, AU
2
Rene Pomerleau Herbariumlocation not on record
1
Royal Ontario Museum, TRTC Fungariumlocation not on record
1
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record
1
WTUlocation not on record
1
Chapel Hill, US
1
nsnflocation not on record
1
Santa Cruz, US
1
Cincinnati, US
1
Bronx, US
1
Yerevan, AM
1
PRClocation not on record
1
MeiseBGlocation not on record
1
Uniwersytet Łódzkilocation not on record
1
Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record
1
Göteborg, SE
1
Durham, US
1
Oulu, FI
1
Jyväskylä, FI
1
Staten Island, US
1
Universidade de Lisboa, Museu Bocagelocation not on record
1
Tomioka, JP
1
Department of Plant Resources, National Herbarium and Plant Laboratorieslocation not on record
1
Slovenian Forestry Institutelocation not on record
1
Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung: Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseumlocation not on record
1
Personal Herbarium of Paula DeSantolocation not on record
1
Baton Rouge, US
1
Asheville, US
1
Gijón, ES
1
JA-CAGPDS-CAMlocation not on record
1
83 institutions · 577 of 719 vouchered records shown · 142 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 DNA170 detections
Where the DNA of Lacrymaria lacrymabunda 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 found170
Studies independent surveys9
Countries21
Verifiable raw sequence linked2
Signal confidence: moderateweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
50 samples with on-site data · median with range · describes the sample, not the organism
Modelled climatemodelled
−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C
Temperature median14.2 °C 6.10–19.5
Seasonal swing summer↔winter18.8 °C
Max temp (day)18.8 °C 8.90–25.0
Min temp (night)9.90 °C 3.20–15.0
Precipitation70.6 mm/mo 34.5–118
Air humidity59.0 % 55.6–65.9
Moisture balance-24.5 mm/mo -94.1–61.9
Vapour deficit705 Pa 367–981
Wind speed3.00 m/s 1.90–4.70
Cloud cover38.5 % 10.3–52.7
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 165 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 Foundation9 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility19 676 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI170 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics15 specimens↗
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗