Microsporum gypseum

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Fungi/Ascomycota/Eurotiomycetes/Onygenales/Arthrodermataceae/Microsporum

At a glance

Occurrence records21

Data sources10

Biological traits0

DNA specimens31

eDNA detections14

Sources10 archives

Databases and archives Microsporum gypseum's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation4 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility21 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI14 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics31 specimens↗

LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗

NPASSNat. Product Activity & Species Sourcecompounds↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

On this page6 sections

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

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Chemical compositionLOTUS · NPASS8 compounds

Occurrence & distributionGBIF21 records

Environmental DNA2 datasets · 3 countries14 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD31 specimens

Genome at a glanceGoaT≈23 Mbp

01Narrative

Microsporum gypseum is a soil-associated dermatophyte that occasionally is known to colonise and infect the upper dead layers of the skin of mammals. The name refers to an asexual "form-taxon" that has been associated with four related biological species of fungi: the pathogenic taxa Arthroderma incurvatum, A. gypsea, A. fulva and the non-pathogenic saprotroph A. corniculata. More recent studies have restricted M. gypseum to two teleomorphic species A. gypseum and A. incurvatum. The conidial states of A. fulva and A. corniculata have been assigned to M. fulvum and M. boullardii. Because the anamorphic states of these fungi are so similar, they can be identified reliably only by mating. Two mating strains have been discovered, "+" and "–". The classification of this species has been based on the characteristically rough-walled, blunt, club-shaped, multicelled macroconidia. Synonyms include Achorion gypseum, Microsporum flavescens, M. scorteum, and M. xanthodes. There has been past nomenclatural confusion in the usage of the generic names Microsporum and Microsporon.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

No structured trait data for this taxon yet.

03Chemical composition8 compounds

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

Compound class profile5 classes

Flavanones2

Cyclic peptides2

Fusidane triterpenoids1

Pinane monoterpenoids1

Dihydroflavonols1

Documented compounds8 total

Tissue Source Quantified only

Compound	Amount	Source
(-)-beta-Pinene	present	NPASS
(-)-Pinostrobin	present	NPASS
(2R,3R)-Alpinone	present	NPASS
(2S)-pinocembrin	present	NPASS
2',6'-Dihydroxy-4'-methoxychalcone	present	NPASS
Fusidic Acid	present	LOTUS
Microsporin A	present	LOTUS
Microsporin B	present	LOTUS

05DNA & barcoding31 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 Microsporum gypseum has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens31

Marker genes4

eDNA detections14

Countries3

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★ITS1★ITS25-8S

fungal barcodemarker

06Genome at a glanceGoaT

The complete instruction manual Microsporum gypseum 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≈23 180 339 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 Microsporum gypseum0.02 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

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type21 records

Wild obs. + sensor5

Museum / vouchered12

Other4

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO56 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 accuracy100% within 1 km

≤1 km 1

1 georeferenced · 4 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor5

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 accuracy0% within 1 km

>10 km 2

2 georeferenced · 10 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence12

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 institutions1 of 6 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Sydney Medical Schoollocation not on record	3
Pullman, US	3
Scientific Institute of Public Health, Brusselslocation not on record	1
PHlocation not on record	1
Catholic University of Pekinglocation not on record	1
Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centrelocation not on record	1

6 institutions · 10 of 12 vouchered records shown · 2 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA14 detections

Where the DNA of Microsporum gypseum 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 found14

Studies independent surveys2

Countries3

Signal confidence: moderateweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections

Where its DNA was found

0 of 14 detections have coordinates

Open the map3 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.

Modelled climatemodelled

−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C

Temperature median22.3 °C 15.9–22.3

Seasonal swing summer↔winter18.3 °C

Max temp (day)28.9 °C 20.4–28.9

Min temp (night)15.5 °C 11.1–15.8

Precipitation24.8 mm/mo 24.8–138

Air humidity43.3 % 43.3–62.9

Moisture balance-135 mm/mo -135–33.1

Vapour deficit1,663 Pa 764–1,663

Wind speed4.10 m/s 2.20–4.10

Cloud cover19.3 % 17.3–40.6

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.

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