Lycoperdon molle, commonly known as the smooth puffball or the soft puffball, is a type of puffball mushroom in the genus Lycoperdon. It was first described scientifically in 1799 by Dutch mycologist Christiaan Hendrik Persoon. The puffball is edible when the internal flesh is still white.
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 molle has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens1
Marker genes1
GenBank sequences10
eDNA detections7
Countries7
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 type4 296 records
Wild obs. + sensor3 247
Museum / vouchered986
Other63
Origin
Native6
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO11 168 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 accuracy43% within 1 km
≤100 m 643≤1 km 440≤10 km 1 409>10 km 28
2 520 georeferenced · 727 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor3 247
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 145≤1 km 163≤10 km 100>10 km 26
434 georeferenced · 552 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence986
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 institutions42 of 74 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
99
Tartu, EE
84
BDBClocation not on record
78
Ann Arbor, US
56
Zapopan, MX
56
Bronx, US
55
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
50
43
Copenhagen, DK
43
Bernard Price Institute for Palaeontological Researchlocation not on record
24
Denver, US
20
MeiseBGlocation not on record
19
Chicago, US
19
Oulu, FI
17
WU-MYClocation not on record
16
JA-CAGPDS-CAMlocation not on record
15
Ensenada, MX
15
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record
12
TUR-Alocation not on record
11
MAlocation not on record
11
Catholic University of Pekinglocation not on record
11
Görlitz, DE
10
Davis and Elkins Collegelocation not on record
9
Turku, FI
9
LDlocation not on record
8
TROMlocation not on record
7
Chapel Hill, US
6
Kew, GB
6
TENN-Flocation not on record
5
Karlsruhe, DE
5
Salamanca, ES
5
Entomological Society of Latvialocation not on record
5
San Sebastián, ES
5
Göteborg, SE
5
Salzburg, AT
5
Uniwersytet Łódzkilocation not on record
5
Philadelphia, US
5
Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record
5
Université de Montréal Biodiversity Centrelocation not on record
4
Córdoba, ES
4
WTUlocation not on record
4
Uppsala, SE
4
Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung: Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseumlocation not on record
3
GJOlocation not on record
3
Durango, MX
3
Odawara, JP
3
Universidade de Lisboa, Museu Bocagelocation not on record
3
Durham, US
3
Helsinki, FI
3
Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record
2
Tilburg, NL
2
Champaign, US
2
US
1
Kuopio, FI
1
Zürich, CH
1
Mlocation not on record
1
St. Paul, US
1
nsnflocation not on record
1
McWane Science Centerlocation not on record
1
Baton Rouge, US
1
University of Oslo, Natural History Museumlocation not on record
1
Osaka, JP
1
Staten Island, US
1
Chiba, JP
1
Jyväskylä, FI
1
CA
1
Bardejov, SK
1
Mérida, ES
1
BRNUlocation not on record
1
Gijón, ES
1
Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record
1
CJBGlocation not on record
1
Berlin, DE
1
FLASlocation not on record
1
74 institutions · 924 of 986 vouchered records shown · 62 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA7 detections
Where the DNA of Lycoperdon molle 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 found7
Studies independent surveys3
Countries7
Signal confidence: moderateweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 7 detections have coordinates
Open the map7 countries0
Veikant i blabaergranskogPalearcticNearctic
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 median10.4 °C 2.30–13.8
Seasonal swing summer↔winter21.2 °C
Max temp (day)14.3 °C 4.90–18.0
Min temp (night)5.90 °C -2.30–9.50
Precipitation76.0 mm/mo 50.4–147
Air humidity61.8 % 58.2–64.9
Moisture balance-6.30 mm/mo -28.0–102
Vapour deficit569 Pa 270–695
Wind speed2.70 m/s 2.20–3.40
Cloud cover43.9 % 38.5–47.7
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 7 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 Foundation4 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility4 296 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI7 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics1 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗