Lycoperdon mammiforme is a rare, inedible type of puffball mushroom in the genus Lycoperdon, found in deciduous forest on chalk soil. It is found in Europe. The fruit body is spherical to pear shaped, at first pure white with slightly grainy inner skin and an outer skin which disintegrates in flakes that are soon shed, later ochre, chocolate-brown when old, up to 7 cm in diameter.
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 mammiforme has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens5
Marker genes1
GenBank sequences10
eDNA detections5
Countries3
The DNA barcodea real sequence read deposited for this species
★ 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.
★ITS10
fungal barcode
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type1 588 records
Wild obs. + sensor1 264
Museum / vouchered268
Other56
Origin
Native1
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO2 704 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 accuracy75% within 1 km
≤100 m 648≤1 km 213≤10 km 275>10 km 11
1 147 georeferenced · 117 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor1 264
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 accuracy77% within 1 km
≤100 m 47≤1 km 48≤10 km 24>10 km 4
123 georeferenced · 145 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence268
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 institutions20 of 41 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
41
LDlocation not on record
24
Copenhagen, DK
20
Göteborg, SE
18
BDBClocation not on record
14
WU-MYClocation not on record
14
Olocation not on record
13
Kew, GB
9
Uppsala, SE
9
Philadelphia, US
9
San Sebastián, ES
8
GJOlocation not on record
7
Karlsruhe, DE
6
Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record
5
National Mushroom Centre, Department of Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, Bhutanlocation not on record
3
Helsinki, FI
3
Chiba, JP
3
Bando, JP
3
University of Oslo, Natural History Museumlocation not on record
3
MAlocation not on record
2
Stockholm, SE
2
Salzburg, AT
2
MeiseBGlocation not on record
2
TENN-Flocation not on record
2
Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record
2
Catholic University of Pekinglocation not on record
2
Salamanca, ES
1
BRNUlocation not on record
1
Turku, FI
1
National Institute of Biological Resourceslocation not on record
1
University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU)location not on record
1
Mérida, ES
1
Department of Plant Resources, National Herbarium and Plant Laboratorieslocation not on record
1
Kathmandu, NP
1
Mlocation not on record
1
nsnflocation not on record
1
PRClocation not on record
1
Staten Island, US
1
Bardejov, SK
1
Gijón, ES
1
Osaka, JP
1
41 institutions · 241 of 268 vouchered records shown · 26 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA5 detections
Where the DNA of Lycoperdon mammiforme 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 found5
Studies independent surveys1
Countries2
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 5 detections have coordinates
Open the map2 countries0
kalklindeskog, langs stiensteinete rasmark med lauvstrø; kalklindesko…
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 median12.2 °C 9.50–15.4
Seasonal swing summer↔winter22.4 °C
Max temp (day)14.8 °C 12.7–18.4
Min temp (night)9.10 °C 5.90–12.1
Precipitation90.7 mm/mo 66.9–101
Air humidity62.5 % 61.8–63.6
Moisture balance23.7 mm/mo 3.70–42.9
Vapour deficit532 Pa 473–675
Wind speed2.70 m/s 1.70–3.70
Cloud cover43.5 % 42.3–44.0
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 4 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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