Letharia lupina

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Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Lecanorales/Parmeliaceae/Letharia

At a glance

Occurrence records894

Data sources4

Biological traits0

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections46

Sources4 archives

Databases and archives Letharia lupina's data was compiled from.

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility894 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI46 eDNA detections↗

GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

On this page3 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

Occurrence & distributionGBIF894 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 2 countries46 detections

Genome at a glanceGoaT≈49 Mbp

02Traits & measurements

No structured trait data for this taxon yet.

05DNA & barcoding46 eDNA hits

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 Letharia lupina has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

eDNA detections46

Countries2

06Genome at a glanceGoaT

The complete instruction manual Letharia lupina 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≈49 166 941 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

FUNGUS0.04 Gb

THIS GENOME Letharia lupina0.05 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 levelContig

Completeness96.7% BUSCO

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type894 records

Wild obs. + sensor226

Museum / vouchered668

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO1 824 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 accuracy88% within 1 km

≤100 m 130≤1 km 20≤10 km 14>10 km 7

171 georeferenced · 55 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor226

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 accuracy88% within 1 km

≤1 km 67≤10 km 9

76 georeferenced · 592 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence668

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 institutions7 of 10 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	103
Vancouver, CA	75
Bronx, US	3
DOI/NPS, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Sitelocation not on record	2
Santa Barbara, US	2
Arcata, US	1
Chapel Hill, US	1
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record	1
ASUlocation not on record	1
US	1

10 institutions · 190 of 668 vouchered records shown · 478 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA46 detections

Where the DNA of Letharia lupina 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 found46

Studies independent surveys1

Countries2

Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections

Where its DNA was found

0 of 46 detections have coordinates

Open the map2 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.

Measured at samplingin-field

pH5.15 4.30–6.34

Conductivity45.6 µS/cm 14.5–75.5

Organic carbon1.67 % 0.16–2.53

Water content13.2 % 5.21–26.9

Nitrate-N3.00 mg/kg

Phosphorus410 mg/kg 4.00–1,399

Clay20.3 % 12.7–27.9

Sand65.0 % 44.0–83.3

Depth0 m

SoilLatLon out of rangeSodosolKandosol

25 samples with on-site data · median with range · describes the sample, not the organism

Modelled climatemodelled

−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C

Temperature median-2.40 °C -2.80–-1.60

Seasonal swing summer↔winter13.1 °C

Max temp (day)-0.2 °C -1.30–0.1

Min temp (night)-4.90 °C -4.90–-3.90

Precipitation42.4 mm/mo 38.2–47.3

Air humidity58.9 % 58.5–59.2

Vapour deficit215 Pa 202–223

Cloud cover56.1 % 55.4–58.6

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 46 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.

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