Peltigera membranacea is a species of lichenized fungus in the family Peltigeraceae. It has a foliose growth pattern, with what appear to be veins in the leaf-like parts, but these do not have a vascular function. The apothecia are erect, numerous, and often a bright brown-orange in colour. Some simple sequence repeat markers have been developed for both the fungal partner (mycobiont) of Peltigera membranacea and its Nostoc photobiont partner; these allow for both population genetic studies and an alternative means of identifying between P. membranacea and its lookalikes.
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 membranacea has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens33
Marker genes2
GenBank sequences10
eDNA detections32
Countries5
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.
★COI-5P★ITS10
animal barcodefungal barcode
07Deep time~3.73 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 origin3.73 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 type13 135 records
Wild obs. + sensor10 191
Museum / vouchered2 936
Cultivated / captive1
Other7
Origin
Native19
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO34 712 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 accuracy72% within 1 km
≤100 m 4 184≤1 km 2 794≤10 km 2 612>10 km 66
9 656 georeferenced · 535 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor10 191
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 accuracy72% within 1 km
≤100 m 358≤1 km 766≤10 km 380>10 km 50
1 554 georeferenced · 1 382 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence2 936
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Coordinate accuracy
no georeferenced coordinates · 1 records without
Open the mapnot free-living1
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 institutions59 of 117 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Vancouver, CA
405
Madison, US
315
Olocation not on record
229
Edmonton, CA
132
Madrid, ES
97
WTUlocation not on record
95
Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record
79
Philadelphia, US
78
St. Paul, US
72
ASUlocation not on record
67
Durham, US
67
MAlocation not on record
64
61
Trondheim, NO
59
Uppsala, SE
59
Chicago, US
50
GZUlocation not on record
49
University of Gdansklocation not on record
38
LDlocation not on record
38
Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung: Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseumlocation not on record
35
Helsinki, FI
33
Stockholm, SE
30
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
28
València, ES
25
Université Lavallocation not on record
24
Bergen, NO
23
DOI/NPS, Colonial National Historical Parklocation not on record
21
McWane Science Centerlocation not on record
21
Victoria, CA
20
TROMlocation not on record
18
CJBGlocation not on record
18
Bronx, US
16
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
15
Berlin, DE
15
MeiseBGlocation not on record
14
Boise, US
13
Bozeman, US
13
Museo Achille Folettolocation not on record
12
Kew, GB
11
BDBClocation not on record
10
Ann Arbor, US
10
Salzburg, AT
9
BRNUlocation not on record
9
University of Oslo, Natural History Museumlocation not on record
9
Champaign, US
9
Metsähallituslocation not on record
8
US
8
Entomological Society of Latvialocation not on record
8
San Sebastián, ES
8
DOI/FWS, Kenai National Wildlife Refugelocation not on record
8
Bureau of Land Management, Medford District Officelocation not on record
7
Wuzhou, CN
7
Canberra, AU
6
Minia, EG
6
ILLSlocation not on record
6
Clocation not on record
5
South Kensington, GB
5
BioFokuslocation not on record
5
Umeå Universitylocation not on record
4
DOI/NPS, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Sitelocation not on record
4
TSBlocation not on record
4
Auckland, NZ
4
Portland, US
4
Acadia Universitylocation not on record
4
Uniwersytet Wrocławskilocation not on record
4
Dhaka, BD
3
nbflocation not on record
3
Albuquerque, US
3
Barcelona, ES
3
ULBF-AGRlocation not on record
3
Polar-Alpine Botanical Garden-Institutelocation not on record
3
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record
3
New Brunswick, US
3
FLASlocation not on record
3
Knoxville, US
3
AADClocation not on record
2
CLUlocation not on record
2
University of Manitobalocation not on record
2
UNITOlocation not on record
2
BClocation not on record
2
US
2
PHlocation not on record
2
Anchorage, US
2
Toronto, CA
2
EL PASO, US
2
Wellington, NZ
2
Frauenfeld, CH
2
Staatsarchiv Urilocation not on record
2
Turku, FI
1
Repubblica di San Marinolocation not on record
1
Christchurch, NZ
1
University of British Columbia, Herbariumlocation not on record
1
Kensington, AU
1
Fort Worth, US
1
Oregon State Universitylocation not on record
1
Davis, US
1
University of Hamburglocation not on record
1
PRClocation not on record
1
Morgantown, US
1
Sion, CH
1
CJBNlocation not on record
1
Catholic University of Pekinglocation not on record
1
Weber State Universitylocation not on record
1
Tallinn, EE
1
NMBU:MINAlocation not on record
1
Mlocation not on record
1
Tilburg, NL
1
Chinese Academy of Scienceslocation not on record
1
Grupo Actinomicetales Merida Facultad de Medicinalocation not on record
1
Hobart, AU
1
Winterthur, CH
1
Santa Barbara, US
1
Mexico City, MX
1
Pocatello, US
1
Universidade de Lisboa, Museu Bocagelocation not on record
1
Burlington, US
1
Göteborg, SE
1
117 institutions · 2 715 of 2 936 vouchered records shown · 221 without an institution code
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
09Environmental DNA32 detections
Where the DNA of Peltigera membranacea 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 found32
Studies independent surveys1
Countries2
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 32 detections have coordinates
Open the map2 countries0
zonal forestMossy rock in mixed forestOn the ground in open subalpine birch forestOn mossy rock in shady spruce forestOver mose pa berg innunder steinblokk. Beite…On mossy rock in open conifer 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 median10.2 °C 2.10–13.4
Seasonal swing summer↔winter21.1 °C
Max temp (day)12.0 °C 3.40–15.4
Min temp (night)5.90 °C -0.5–11.1
Precipitation108 mm/mo 89.5–149
Air humidity64.4 % 61.9–66.5
Moisture balance50.2 mm/mo
Vapour deficit460 Pa 258–555
Wind speed3.50 m/s
Cloud cover50.8 % 43.8–61.7
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 10 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 Foundation4 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility13 135 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI32 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics33 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗