Phaeocollybia christinae, commonly known as Christina's rootshank, is a species of fungus in the family Cortinariaceae. Found in the woodlands of Europe and eastern North America, it typically grows in sandy soil near conifer trees, especially spruce. The fruit bodies are characterized by a brownish cap with a pointed umbo, and a long stem that extends deeply into the soil.
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 Phaeocollybia christinae has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens4
Marker genes1
GenBank sequences3
eDNA detections4
Countries2
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
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type776 records
Wild obs. + sensor471
Museum / vouchered304
Other1
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO2 332 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 accuracy70% within 1 km
≤100 m 143≤1 km 141≤10 km 84>10 km 40
408 georeferenced · 63 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor471
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 accuracy81% within 1 km
≤100 m 80≤1 km 102≤10 km 31>10 km 11
224 georeferenced · 80 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence304
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 institutions25 of 46 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
103
Helsinki, FI
26
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
18
WU-MYClocation not on record
14
LDlocation not on record
14
Uppsala, SE
11
Göteborg, SE
9
Trondheim, NO
8
Karlsruhe, DE
8
Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record
6
nsnflocation not on record
5
TENN-Flocation not on record
5
Oulu, FI
4
Copenhagen, DK
4
GJOlocation not on record
4
Université de Montréal Biodiversity Centrelocation not on record
4
Bronx, US
3
San Sebastián, ES
3
Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record
3
Philadelphia, US
2
Blacksburg, US
2
Mexico City, MX
2
Salzburg, AT
2
Osaka, JP
2
TUR-Alocation not on record
2
Turku, FI
2
University of Oslo, Natural History Museumlocation not on record
2
Durango, MX
2
Davis and Elkins Collegelocation not on record
2
TROMlocation not on record
1
Jyväskylä, FI
1
MUSE - Museo delle Scienze di Trentolocation not on record
1
CA
1
MeiseBGlocation not on record
1
Berlin, DE
1
Chicago, US
1
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record
1
WTUlocation not on record
1
Vancouver, CA
1
Kuopio, FI
1
Universidade de Lisboa, Museu Bocagelocation not on record
1
Natural History Museum, Tribhuvan Universitylocation not on record
1
Mlocation not on record
1
Stockholm, SE
1
St. Paul, US
1
Vitoria, ES
1
46 institutions · 289 of 304 vouchered records shown · 15 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA4 detections
Where the DNA of Phaeocollybia christinae 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 found4
Studies independent surveys1
Countries2
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 4 detections have coordinates
Open the map2 countries0
BarstrøBlåbærskog
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 median12.6 °C 10.7–15.0
Seasonal swing summer↔winter20.8 °C
Max temp (day)16.2 °C 12.8–19.2
Min temp (night)7.90 °C 6.90–10.2
Precipitation103 mm/mo 93.7–169
Air humidity61.6 % 59.8–63.8
Moisture balance33.2 mm/mo -6.40–124
Vapour deficit565 Pa 466–688
Wind speed2.00 m/s 1.40–2.90
Cloud cover43.8 % 38.3–46.9
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 4 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 Foundation2 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility776 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI4 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics4 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗