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 Montanelia sorediata has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens8
Marker genes2
eDNA detections8
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
fungal barcode
07Deep time~4.34 Ma lineage
How far back this lineage goes — and how we know. Everything here is measured in Ma, short for “mega-annum”: millions of years ago. The chart reads left to right like a calendar of the Earth, from the deep past on the left to today at the right edgetop to bottom like a core drilled through the Earth, from the deep past at the top down to today at the bottom.
At a glance
DNA clock origin4.34 Ma TimeTree
When this lineage existed
How to read this: the coloured strip along the bottomdown the left is the geological calendar — the standard epochs (Pliocene, Pleistocene…) every museum uses, shown so you can see which chapter of Earth's history this lineage lived in. This lineage is a young one, so the strip is zoomed in to epochs — the finer subdivisions inside a period. The orange marker is the DNA clock: DNA accumulates mutations at a roughly steady rate, so comparing this species' DNA with its relatives estimates when the lineage split off — independently of any fossil.
DNA clock origin
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type797 records
Wild obs. + sensor236
Museum / vouchered555
Other6
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO2 624 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 accuracy94% within 1 km
≤100 m 165≤1 km 40≤10 km 9>10 km 3
217 georeferenced · 19 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor236
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 accuracy66% within 1 km
≤100 m 101≤1 km 146≤10 km 121>10 km 8
376 georeferenced · 179 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence555
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 institutions17 of 37 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
213
LDlocation not on record
63
Madison, US
51
Bergen, NO
34
Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record
22
Trondheim, NO
21
University of Gdansklocation not on record
17
TROMlocation not on record
15
Polar-Alpine Botanical Garden-Institutelocation not on record
13
DOI/NPS, Colonial National Historical Parklocation not on record
13
Helsinki, FI
12
Bronx, US
10
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
9
Uppsala, SE
5
BDBClocation not on record
4
Durham, US
4
BioFokuslocation not on record
4
Oskarshamn, SE
3
University of Oslo, Natural History Museumlocation not on record
3
Institute of the Industrial Ecology Problems of the North of Kola Science Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences.location not on record
3
Philadelphia, US
3
Metsähallituslocation not on record
2
Salzburg, AT
2
Arcata, US
2
Université Lavallocation not on record
2
Göteborg, SE
1
Porvoo, FI
1
Fort Hayslocation not on record
1
Cambridge, US
1
CJBGlocation not on record
1
Umeå Universitylocation not on record
1
GZUlocation not on record
1
Kathmandu, NP
1
Oregon State Universitylocation not on record
1
Dhaka, BD
1
Klostermuseum Disentislocation not on record
1
Berlin, DE
1
37 institutions · 542 of 555 vouchered records shown · 13 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA8 detections
Where the DNA of Montanelia sorediata 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 found8
Studies independent surveys1
Countries1
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 8 detections have coordinates
Open the map1 country0
On top of gravestoneExposed boulder
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 median11.2 °C 10.6–12.3
Seasonal swing summer↔winter20.0 °C
Max temp (day)14.2 °C 12.7–15.4
Min temp (night)6.40 °C 6.00–6.90
Precipitation122 mm/mo 110–154
Air humidity60.1 % 58.6–64.7
Moisture balance10.1 mm/mo 2.90–62.2
Vapour deficit535 Pa 458–596
Wind speed4.10 m/s 2.70–4.60
Cloud cover50.5 % 49.6–61.1
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 3 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.
