Menegazzia subsimilis is a species of lichen in the family Parmeliaceae It is found scattered across the world, including Oceania (Hawaii, Solomon Islands), Asia (Japan, Papua New Guinea, Russia), Europe (Austria, Germany, Portugal), South America (Ecuador, Peru), the Caribbean (Dominican Republic, Jamaica) and North America (Canada, USA). It has recently been recorded for the first times in Tibet (2005), in the British Isles, and in Malaysia and Indonesia (2007). The lichen was originally described as Parmelia subsimilis by Swedish lichenologist Adolf Hugo Magnusson in 1941, based on specimens found in Hawaii. A year later, Rolf Santesson transferred the species to the genus Menegazzia. The species was not reported outside of Hawaii until a 1993 collection from southeast Asia.
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 Menegazzia subsimilis has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens3
Marker genes1
GenBank sequences10
eDNA detections3
Countries4
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 201 records
Wild obs. + sensor620
Museum / vouchered581
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO2 864 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 accuracy86% within 1 km
≤100 m 375≤1 km 79≤10 km 32>10 km 42
528 georeferenced · 92 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor620
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 50≤1 km 39≤10 km 37>10 km 1
127 georeferenced · 454 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence581
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 institutions21 of 42 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
148
Durham, US
114
Bergen, NO
57
Vancouver, CA
34
TROMlocation not on record
29
Berlin, DE
18
LDlocation not on record
17
Olocation not on record
16
MeiseBGlocation not on record
14
Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record
9
GZUlocation not on record
9
Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung: Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseumlocation not on record
9
Philadelphia, US
9
South Kensington, GB
8
DOI/NPS, Colonial National Historical Parklocation not on record
8
PHlocation not on record
7
Arcata, US
6
ASUlocation not on record
6
Boise, US
6
Trondheim, NO
5
Museo Achille Folettolocation not on record
4
BioFokuslocation not on record
4
Uppsala, SE
4
Chapel Hill, US
3
New Brunswick, US
3
Madison, US
3
US
3
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
2
University of Oslo, Natural History Museumlocation not on record
2
CJBGlocation not on record
2
University of Gdansklocation not on record
2
Helsinki, FI
2
Stockholm, SE
2
Santa Barbara, US
2
TSBlocation not on record
1
Catholic University of Pekinglocation not on record
1
Université Lavallocation not on record
1
Portland, US
1
Honolulu, US
1
nbflocation not on record
1
Edinburgh, GB
1
AUAlocation not on record
1
42 institutions · 575 of 581 vouchered records shown · 6 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA3 detections
Where the DNA of Menegazzia subsimilis 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 found3
Studies independent surveys1
Countries1
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 3 detections have coordinates
Open the map1 country0
Paa eldre svartor. Fuktig smaabregne-gulaks-…On bark of Betula tortuosa in N-facing birch…
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 median13.5 °C 11.5–15.5
Seasonal swing summer↔winter14.9 °C
Max temp (day)16.3 °C 14.3–18.3
Min temp (night)8.40 °C 6.30–10.5
Precipitation147 mm/mo 146–148
Air humidity64.0 % 63.1–65.0
Moisture balance31.6 mm/mo 24.9–38.2
Vapour deficit569 Pa 480–658
Wind speed4.80 m/s 3.80–5.80
Cloud cover49.3 % 47.8–50.8
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 2 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 Foundation1 languages↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility1 201 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI3 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics3 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗