Loxospora ochrophaea

(Tuck.) R.C.Harris · species

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Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Lecanorales/Sarrameanaceae/Loxospora

At a glance

Occurrence records669

Data sources8

Biological traits1

DNA specimens1

eDNA detections1

Sources8 archives

Databases and archives Loxospora ochrophaea's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation1 languages↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility669 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI1 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics1 specimens↗

LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗

NPASSNat. Product Activity & Species Sourcecompounds↗

GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

On this page7 sections

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

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements1 literature sources1 traits

Chemical compositionLOTUS · NPASS38 compounds

Occurrence & distributionGBIF669 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 0 countries1 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD1 specimens

Genome at a glanceGoaT≈25 Mbp

01Narrative

Loxospora ochrophaea is a species of crustose lichen in the family Sarrameanaceae.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesTRY

Habitat & environment1

Growth formlichen

03Chemical composition38 compounds

Compounds documented for Loxospora ochrophaea across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").

Compound class profile5 classes

p-Terphenyls16

Ecdysteroids8

Depsides4

Pulvinones1

Lactones1

Documented compounds38 total

Tissue Source Quantified only

Compound	Amount	Source
(2'R,3'S)-3'-hydroxy-4,7-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)-2'-methylspiro[1,3-benzodioxole-2,6'-2,3-dihydropyran]-5,6-dione	present	NPASS
(2S,3R,5R,9R,10R,11R,13R,14S,17S)-17-[(2R,3R,5R)-2,3-dihydroxy-5,6-dimethylheptan-2-yl]-2,3,11,14-tetrahydroxy-10,13-dimethyl-2,3,4,5,9,11,12,15,16,17-decahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-6-one	present	NPASS
(2S,3R,5R,9R,10R,11R,13R,14S,17S)-2,3,11,14-tetrahydroxy-10,13-dimethyl-17-[(2R,3R,5R)-2,3,5-trihydroxy-5,6-dimethylheptan-2-yl]-2,3,4,5,9,11,12,15,16,17-decahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-6-one	present	NPASS
(2S,3R,5R,9R,10R,11R,13R,14S,17S)-2,3,11,14-tetrahydroxy-10,13-dimethyl-17-[(2R,3R,5R)-2,3,6-trihydroxy-5,6-dimethylheptan-2-yl]-2,3,4,5,9,11,12,15,16,17-decahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-6-one	present	NPASS
(2S,3R,5R,9R,10R,11R,13R,14S,17S)-2,3,11,14-tetrahydroxy-17-[(1R)-1-hydroxy-1-[(2R,3R)-3-[(2R)-3-hydroxy-3-methylbutan-2-yl]oxiran-2-yl]ethyl]-10,13-dimethyl-2,3,4,5,9,11,12,15,16,17-decahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-6-one	present	NPASS
(2S,3R,5R,9R,10R,11R,13R,14S,17S)-2,3,11,14-tetrahydroxy-17-[(1R)-1-hydroxy-1-[(2R,3R)-3-[(2R)-3-methylbutan-2-yl]oxiran-2-yl]ethyl]-10,13-dimethyl-2,3,4,5,9,11,12,15,16,17-decahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-6-one	present	NPASS
(2S,3R,5R,9R,10R,11R,13R,14S,17S)-2,3,11,14-tetrahydroxy-17-[(2S,4R,5R)-5-[(2S)-2-hydroxy-2,3-dimethylbutyl]-2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-4-methyl-1,3-dioxolan-4-yl]-10,13-dimethyl-2,3,4,5,9,11,12,15,16,17-decahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-6-one	present	NPASS
(3R,4S,5S*)-3-Acetoxy-5-hydroxyhexan-4	present	NPASS
(5R)-5-[(1S)-1-Hydroxyethyl]-2(5H)-furanone	present	NPASS
(5S)-5-[(1R)-1-hydroxyethyl]oxolan-2-one	present	NPASS

05DNA & barcoding1 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 Loxospora ochrophaea has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens1

Marker genes1

eDNA detections1

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.

★ITS

fungal barcode

06Genome at a glanceGoaT

The complete instruction manual Loxospora ochrophaea 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≈24 741 702 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

THIS GENOME Loxospora ochrophaea0.02 Gb

FUNGUS0.04 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 levelScaffold

07Deep time~261 Ma lineage

How far back this lineage goes — and how we know. Everything here is measured in Ma, short for “mega-annum”: millions of years ago. The chart reads left to right like a calendar of the Earth, from the deep past on the left to today at the right edgetop to bottom like a core drilled through the Earth, from the deep past at the top down to today at the bottom.

At a glance

DNA clock origin261 Ma TimeTree

When this lineage existed

How to read this: the coloured strip along the bottomdown the left is the geological calendar — the standard periods (Jurassic, Cretaceous…) every museum uses, shown so you can see which chapter of Earth's history this lineage lived in. The dashed rules marked ✦ are the five great mass extinctions. The orange marker is the DNA clock: DNA accumulates mutations at a roughly steady rate, so comparing this species' DNA with its relatives estimates when the lineage split off — independently of any fossil.

DNA clock originmass extinction

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type669 records

Wild obs. + sensor201

Museum / vouchered468

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO1 532 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 accuracy87% within 1 km

≤100 m 126≤1 km 21≤10 km 5>10 km 17

169 georeferenced · 32 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor201

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 accuracy25% within 1 km

≤100 m 2≤1 km 16≤10 km 40>10 km 13

71 georeferenced · 397 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence468

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 institutions18 of 37 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Bronx, US	154
Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record	48
Madison, US	33
St. Paul, US	31
Durham, US	25
DOI/NPS, Colonial National Historical Parklocation not on record	21
Fort Hayslocation not on record	18
US	14
Université Lavallocation not on record	13
Bergen, NO	11
ASUlocation not on record	11
McWane Science Centerlocation not on record	10
Chapel Hill, US	7
Chicago, US	7
Oregon State Universitylocation not on record	6
ILLSlocation not on record	6
PHlocation not on record	5
Wuzhou, CN	4
Uppsala, SE	4
NYSlocation not on record	4
Clemson, US	4
Vancouver, CA	2
Philadelphia, US	2
Grupo Actinomicetales Merida Facultad de Medicinalocation not on record	2
Boise, US	2
University of Gdansklocation not on record	2
Stockholm, SE	2
AUAlocation not on record	2
Catholic University of Pekinglocation not on record	1
Cambridge, US	1
Olocation not on record	1
Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung: Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseumlocation not on record	1
New Brunswick, US	1
Laboratorio de Ictiologialocation not on record	1
LDlocation not on record	1
Santa Barbara, US	1
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record	1

37 institutions · 459 of 468 vouchered records shown · 9 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA1 detections

Where the DNA of Loxospora ochrophaea 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.

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