Psilolechia lucida is a species of saxicolous lichen in the family Psilolechiaceae. It is widely distributed through the world, where it grows on natural and artificial rocky substrates in the shade, often in sheltered underhangs. It forms a greenish crust on the surface of its substrate.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Compounds documented for Psilolechia lucida across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
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 Psilolechia lucida has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens1
Marker genes1
GenBank sequences3
eDNA detections1
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 type18 585 records
Wild obs. + sensor17 610
Museum / vouchered959
Other16
Origin
Native1
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO46 352 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 accuracy68% within 1 km
≤100 m 9 883≤1 km 1 893≤10 km 5 608>10 km 30
17 414 georeferenced · 196 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor17 610
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 accuracy58% within 1 km
≤100 m 80≤1 km 131≤10 km 132>10 km 21
364 georeferenced · 595 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence959
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 institutions33 of 79 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
117
LDlocation not on record
74
Madison, US
51
Bergen, NO
45
Uppsala, SE
41
St. Paul, US
38
Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung: Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseumlocation not on record
35
Philadelphia, US
35
Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record
33
Hobart, AU
32
University of Gdansklocation not on record
29
Stockholm, SE
28
Olocation not on record
28
MNHWlocation not on record
20
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
20
ASUlocation not on record
18
Trondheim, NO
16
Durham, US
16
DOI/NPS, Colonial National Historical Parklocation not on record
15
Chicago, US
13
Berlin, DE
12
MeiseBGlocation not on record
10
TSBlocation not on record
10
Vancouver, CA
9
Uniwersytet Wrocławskilocation not on record
9
Helsinki, FI
8
CLUlocation not on record
8
Mlocation not on record
8
Polar-Alpine Botanical Garden-Institutelocation not on record
7
Canberra, AU
6
Entomological Society of Latvialocation not on record
6
Barcelona, ES
6
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record
5
Vitoria, ES
5
South Kensington, GB
5
PHlocation not on record
4
Göteborg, SE
4
Oskarshamn, SE
4
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
4
Salzburg, AT
4
Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record
4
BDBClocation not on record
3
Oregon State Universitylocation not on record
3
Museo Achille Folettolocation not on record
3
Institute of the Industrial Ecology Problems of the North of Kola Science Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences.location not on record
3
Wuzhou, CN
3
València, ES
3
US
3
San Sebastián, ES
2
Boise, US
2
Repubblica di San Marinolocation not on record
2
ILLSlocation not on record
2
NMBU:MINAlocation not on record
2
BClocation not on record
2
WTUlocation not on record
2
Fort Hayslocation not on record
2
Madrid, ES
2
Catholic University of Pekinglocation not on record
2
MAlocation not on record
2
Umeå Universitylocation not on record
1
AUAlocation not on record
1
nbflocation not on record
1
Edmonton, CA
1
GZUlocation not on record
1
University of Oslo, Natural History Museumlocation not on record
1
Dresden, DE
1
Université Lavallocation not on record
1
Museum of the Rockieslocation not on record
1
Metsähallituslocation not on record
1
Chapel Hill, US
1
National Biodiversity Institute, Costa Ricalocation not on record
1
Mount Annan, AU
1
British Antarctic Surveylocation not on record
1
Kew, GB
1
AASlocation not on record
1
BioFokuslocation not on record
1
Edinburgh, GB
1
ULBF-AGRlocation not on record
1
UFMSlocation not on record
1
79 institutions · 905 of 959 vouchered records shown · 52 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA1 detections
Where the DNA of Psilolechia lucida 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
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 median15.7 °C 15.7–15.7
Seasonal swing summer↔winter19.5 °C
Max temp (day)19.5 °C
Min temp (night)12.8 °C
Precipitation80.6 mm/mo
Air humidity62.4 %
Moisture balance-3.60 mm/mo
Vapour deficit671 Pa
Wind speed2.30 m/s
Cloud cover58.4 %
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.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility18 583 records↗
OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System2 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI1 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics1 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
NPASSNat. Product Activity & Species Sourcecompounds↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗