Morchella importuna

M.Kuo, O'Donnell & T.J.Volk · species

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Fungi/Ascomycota/Pezizomycetes/Pezizales/Morchellaceae/Morchella

At a glance

Occurrence records1 266

Data sources10

Biological traits0

DNA specimens44

eDNA detections59

Sources10 archives

Databases and archives Morchella importuna's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility1 266 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI59 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics44 specimens↗

NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗

LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗

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 compositionLOTUS6 compounds

Occurrence & distributionGBIF1 266 records

Environmental DNA2 datasets · 7 countries59 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD · NCBI44 specimens

Genome at a glanceGoaT · NCBI49 Mbp

01Narrative

Morchella importuna is a species of fungus in the family Morchellaceae described from North America in 2012. It occurs in gardens, woodchip beds, and other urban settings of northern California and the Pacific Northwest region of the United States and Canada. The fungus has also been reported from Turkey, Spain, France, Switzerland, Canada and China, although it is unknown whether this is a result of accidental introductions. It is considered a choice edible mushroom. The fruit bodies develop a distinctive ladder-like pattern of pits and ridges on the surface of their conical caps.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

No structured trait data for this taxon yet.

03Chemical composition6 compounds

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

Compound class profile1 class

Tremulane sesquiterpenoids6

Documented compounds6 total

Tissue Source Quantified only

Compound	Amount	Source
Morelsin A	present	LOTUS
Morelsin B	present	LOTUS
Morelsin C	present	LOTUS
Morelsin D	present	LOTUS
Morelsin E	present	LOTUS
Morelsin F	present	LOTUS

05DNA & barcoding44 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 Morchella importuna has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens44

Marker genes3

GenBank sequences10

eDNA detections59

Countries7

The DNA barcodea real sequence read deposited for this species

ITSON898011.1 ↗645 bp

ACGT

ACCNNNNACCAAAAANGGCAGCCGAGGGGACACCAGGGCTAGTAGCTTTACGTTGTTGAACGTCCTGGCCGGACCCGGAGCCGCCCCCAT …

Morchella importuna isolate Ori-102 internal transcribed spacer 1, partial sequence; 5.8S ribosomal RNA gene, complete sequence; and internal transcribed spacer 2, partial sequence

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.

★COI-5P★ITS10★ITS1

animal barcodefungal barcode

06Genome at a glanceGoaT · NCBI

The complete instruction manual Morchella importuna 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 size48 505 000 bp

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

FUNGUS0.04 Gb

THIS GENOME Morchella importuna0.05 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

Completeness94.7% BUSCO

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type1 266 records

Wild obs. + sensor1 225

Museum / vouchered41

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO3 904 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 accuracy66% within 1 km

≤100 m 572≤1 km 164≤10 km 172>10 km 213

1 121 georeferenced · 104 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor1 225

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 accuracy89% within 1 km

≤100 m 10≤1 km 6≤10 km 2

18 georeferenced · 23 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence41

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 institutions8 of 14 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Pullman, US	7
Denver, US	3
University of Oslo, Natural History Museumlocation not on record	2
WTUlocation not on record	2
Santa Cruz, US	2
Auckland, NZ	2
MeiseBGlocation not on record	2
Philadelphia, US	1
UAclocation not on record	1
Chicago, US	1
Copenhagen, DK	1
JA-CAGPDS-CAMlocation not on record	1
California State University, East Baylocation not on record	1
Helsinki, FI	1

14 institutions · 27 of 41 vouchered records shown · 13 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA59 detections

Where the DNA of Morchella importuna 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 found59

Studies independent surveys2

Countries7

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

Where its DNA was found

0 of 59 detections have coordinates

Open the map7 countries0

Forest

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 median11.0 °C 9.10–19.4

Seasonal swing summer↔winter13.4 °C

Max temp (day)14.8 °C 13.6–25.0

Min temp (night)7.00 °C 3.20–11.8

Precipitation63.9 mm/mo 56.6–127

Air humidity58.9 % 55.1–63.9

Moisture balance7.20 mm/mo -46.1–8.80

Vapour deficit520 Pa 487–1,153

Wind speed2.80 m/s 2.00–4.00

Cloud cover48.4 % 19.2–52.8

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 21 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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Morchella importuna

At a glance

Sources10 archives

Compound class profile1 class

Documented compounds6 total

At a glance

Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is

Sequencing statusassembly quality — how far to trust these numbers

Record type1 266 records

Range

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions8 of 14 geolocated

Signal

Where its DNA was found

How strong is each trace?

Modelled climatemodelled

Record type1 266 records