Peltigera lepidophora, commonly known as the scaly pelt, is a species of foliose lichen in the family Peltigeraceae. It was first described by Finnish lichenologist Edvard August Vainio in 1878 as a variety of Peltigera canina. German botanist Friedrich August Georg Bitter promoted it to species status in 1904. The lichen has a pale to dark brown thallus comprising rounded and concave lobes that measure 5 – across. The upper surface is covered with isidia, while the lower surface has pale, indistinct veins and unbranched rhizines. It grows on exposed soil, such as roadsides or trailbanks.
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 Peltigera lepidophora has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens8
Marker genes1
GenBank sequences9
eDNA detections17
Countries3
The DNA barcodea real sequence read deposited for this species
Peltigera lepidophora isolate NP23 from China 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.
★ITS9
fungal barcode
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type1 684 records
Wild obs. + sensor506
Museum / vouchered1 164
Other14
Origin
Native1
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO4 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 accuracy63% within 1 km
≤100 m 204≤1 km 46≤10 km 126>10 km 19
395 georeferenced · 111 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor506
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 accuracy53% within 1 km
≤100 m 129≤1 km 192≤10 km 163>10 km 126
610 georeferenced · 554 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence1 164
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 institutions38 of 76 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Uppsala, SE
161
Olocation not on record
127
Helsinki, FI
79
Madison, US
75
St. Paul, US
52
Wuzhou, CN
38
Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record
34
Vancouver, CA
32
31
LDlocation not on record
29
Edmonton, CA
28
Philadelphia, US
25
Stockholm, SE
22
Boise, US
21
Clocation not on record
20
CJBGlocation not on record
18
TROMlocation not on record
17
Bronx, US
17
Durham, US
16
Bergen, NO
14
Polar-Alpine Botanical Garden-Institutelocation not on record
13
University of Gdansklocation not on record
11
Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Skłodowskiejlocation not on record
10
DOI/NPS, Colonial National Historical Parklocation not on record
10
Salzburg, AT
10
ASUlocation not on record
10
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
9
Trondheim, NO
8
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
8
Université Lavallocation not on record
8
BDBClocation not on record
6
Madrid, ES
6
MAlocation not on record
6
Berlin, DE
6
Christchurch, NZ
6
ILLSlocation not on record
6
US
6
Ann Arbor, US
6
BRNUlocation not on record
5
Chicago, US
5
nbflocation not on record
5
University of Oslo, Natural History Museumlocation not on record
5
Canberra, AU
4
BioFokuslocation not on record
4
Institute of the Industrial Ecology Problems of the North of Kola Science Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences.location not on record
4
Oulu, FI
4
University of Manitobalocation not on record
4
WTUlocation not on record
4
Museum of the Rockieslocation not on record
3
PHlocation not on record
3
Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung: Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseumlocation not on record
3
BClocation not on record
2
Auckland, NZ
2
McWane Science Centerlocation not on record
2
TSBlocation not on record
2
GZUlocation not on record
2
Kuopio, FI
2
College Park, US
2
Lausanne, CH
1
Lincoln, US
1
Minia, EG
1
Oregon State Universitylocation not on record
1
Repubblica di San Marinolocation not on record
1
Göteborg, SE
1
BG-NMNHSlocation not on record
1
Dhaka, BD
1
Bernard Price Institute for Palaeontological Researchlocation not on record
1
Santa Barbara, US
1
UNITOlocation not on record
1
Fort Hayslocation not on record
1
Mount Annan, AU
1
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record
1
Sion, CH
1
New Haven, US
1
Turku, FI
1
Burlington, US
1
76 institutions · 1 086 of 1 164 vouchered records shown · 78 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA17 detections
Where the DNA of Peltigera lepidophora 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 found17
Studies independent surveys2
Countries2
Signal confidence: moderateweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 17 detections have coordinates
Open the map2 countries0
On cement road fencePa fyllittsandjord i torrbakke. S-vendt skre…On top of an old concrete road fence
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 median6.50 °C 6.50–9.30
Seasonal swing summer↔winter36.1 °C
Max temp (day)10.6 °C 10.6–12.0
Min temp (night)3.10 °C 3.10–4.70
Precipitation111 mm/mo 101–136
Air humidity63.4 % 62.4–66.0
Moisture balance53.0 mm/mo 29.6–65.6
Vapour deficit360 Pa 360–464
Wind speed2.90 m/s 2.90–3.90
Cloud cover76.3 % 47.3–76.3
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 14 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 684 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI17 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics8 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗