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 Phaeocalicium polyporaeum has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens1
Marker genes1
GenBank sequences3
eDNA detections1
Countries3
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.
★ITS3
fungal barcode
07Deep time~81.9 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 origin81.9 Ma TimeTree
When this lineage existed
How to read this: the coloured strip along the bottomdown the left is the geological calendar — the standard periods (Jurassic, Cretaceous…) every museum uses, shown so you can see which chapter of Earth's history this lineage lived in. The dashed rules marked ✦ are the five great mass extinctions. 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 originmass extinction
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type2 007 records
Wild obs. + sensor1 463
Museum / vouchered544
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO6 012 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 accuracy81% within 1 km
≤100 m 615≤1 km 201≤10 km 67>10 km 119
1 002 georeferenced · 461 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor1 463
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 accuracy34% within 1 km
≤100 m 6≤1 km 31≤10 km 65>10 km 8
110 georeferenced · 434 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence544
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 institutions23 of 44 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Bronx, US
230
St. Paul, US
54
Madison, US
47
Museum of the Rockieslocation not on record
21
Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record
20
Davis and Elkins Collegelocation not on record
20
ILLSlocation not on record
19
Wuzhou, CN
16
Chicago, US
13
PHlocation not on record
12
Ann Arbor, US
8
Uppsala, SE
7
ASUlocation not on record
6
AUAlocation not on record
6
Durham, US
5
Catholic University of Pekinglocation not on record
5
DOI/NPS, Colonial National Historical Parklocation not on record
5
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
4
Minia, EG
4
Stockholm, SE
4
Chapel Hill, US
3
M-Lichenslocation not on record
3
Toronto, CA
3
Bergen, NO
2
Fort Hayslocation not on record
2
Vancouver, CA
2
MeiseBGlocation not on record
2
San Sebastián, ES
2
BClocation not on record
2
Trondheim, NO
1
Private Collection of Diane L. Haughlandlocation not on record
1
Mexico City, MX
1
Helsinki, FI
1
Santa Barbara, US
1
Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung: Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseumlocation not on record
1
Université de Montréal Biodiversity Centrelocation not on record
1
US
1
Philadelphia, US
1
New Brunswick, US
1
Oregon State Universitylocation not on record
1
Bernard Price Institute for Palaeontological Researchlocation not on record
1
McWane Science Centerlocation not on record
1
Columbia, US
1
Royal Ontario Museumlocation not on record
1
44 institutions · 542 of 544 vouchered records shown · 2 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA1 detections
Where the DNA of Phaeocalicium polyporaeum 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 found1
Studies independent surveys1
Countries1
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 1 detections have coordinates
Open the map1 country0
Roadside mixedwood forest, Pinus contorta, P…
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 median16.0 °C 16.0–16.0
Seasonal swing summer↔winter36.2 °C
Max temp (day)22.6 °C
Min temp (night)11.6 °C
Precipitation56.5 mm/mo
Air humidity56.0 %
Moisture balance-34.7 mm/mo
Vapour deficit802 Pa
Wind speed2.00 m/s
Cloud cover47.0 %
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 1 detection point · 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.
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility2 007 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI1 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics1 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗