Handkea excipuliformis, commonly known as the pestle puffball or long-stemmed puffball, is a species of the family Agaricaceae. A rather large puffball, it may reach dimensions of up to 15 cm broad by 25 cm tall. Widespread in northern temperate zones, it is found frequently on pastures and sandy heaths.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
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 Lycoperdon excipuliforme has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens5
Marker genes1
eDNA detections29
Countries15
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
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type9 011 records
Wild obs. + sensor8 591
Museum / vouchered373
Other47
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO21 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 accuracy52% within 1 km
≤100 m 2 675≤1 km 1 189≤10 km 3 525>10 km 68
7 457 georeferenced · 1 134 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor8 591
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 accuracy70% within 1 km
≤100 m 29≤1 km 129≤10 km 62>10 km 5
225 georeferenced · 148 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence373
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 institutions19 of 39 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
120
BDBClocation not on record
71
TROMlocation not on record
17
Trondheim, NO
12
Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record
12
WU-MYClocation not on record
9
Bernard Price Institute for Palaeontological Researchlocation not on record
6
Philadelphia, US
6
Mexico City, MX
4
Uniwersytet Łódzkilocation not on record
4
LDlocation not on record
4
Pullman, US
4
Warsaw, PL
4
Zürich, CH
3
Tartu, EE
3
San Sebastián, ES
3
Mérida, ES
3
ILLSlocation not on record
3
Universidade de Lisboa, Museu Bocagelocation not on record
3
Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung: Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseumlocation not on record
2
Salzburg, AT
2
Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record
2
Vitoria, ES
2
Uppsala, SE
2
California State University, East Baylocation not on record
2
Tromso University Museumlocation not on record
2
Copenhagen, DK
2
Madison, US
1
Toronto, CA
1
Göteborg, SE
1
JA-CAGPDS-CAMlocation not on record
1
Catholic University of Pekinglocation not on record
1
FLASlocation not on record
1
Brown Universitylocation not on record
1
BRNUlocation not on record
1
Gijón, ES
1
Kew, GB
1
WA<IH>location not on record
1
Denver, US
1
39 institutions · 319 of 373 vouchered records shown · 54 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA29 detections
Where the DNA of Lycoperdon excipuliforme 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 found29
Studies independent surveys3
Countries15
Signal confidence: moderateweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
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 median7.00 °C -7.90–18.1
Seasonal swing summer↔winter22.1 °C
Max temp (day)11.9 °C -4.80–21.4
Min temp (night)2.80 °C -12.2–11.9
Precipitation96.0 mm/mo 42.4–243
Air humidity61.7 % 56.4–65.2
Moisture balance32.6 mm/mo -22.4–179
Vapour deficit434 Pa 179–737
Wind speed2.90 m/s 1.40–6.00
Cloud cover41.9 % 28.1–61.1
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 29 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 Foundation7 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility9 011 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI29 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics5 specimens↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗