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 Pterula multifida has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
Marker genes1
GenBank sequences4
Countries2
The DNA barcodea real sequence read deposited for this species
Pterula multifida voucher K(M) 195746 small subunit ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence; internal transcribed spacer 1 and 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.
★ITS4
fungal barcode
06Genome at a glanceGoaT · NCBI
The complete instruction manualPterula multifida carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.
Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is
Genome size≈51 834 972 bp assembly estimate
Measured in base pairs (bp) — the individual letters of DNA (human ≈ 3.2 Gb, a bacterium a few million). The chart places this genome on a logarithmic scale — each step to the right is ten times bigger — among reference organisms. Across species a bigger genome loosely tracks with larger cells, slower growth and lower-energy lifestyles (powered flight favours small genomes) — yet it does not imply more genes or a more advanced organism (the long-standing C-value paradox).
BACTERIUM Carsonella ruddii0.00016 Gb
FUNGUS0.04 Gb
THIS GENOME Pterula multifida0.05 Gb
INSECT0.25 Gb
HUMAN3.2 Gb
WHEAT17 Gb
FERN Tmesipteris160.45 Gb
Sequencing statusassembly quality — how far to trust these numbers
Assembly level tells you how finished the sequence is — from fragmented contigs, through scaffolds, up to a full chromosome-level assembly. BUSCO % estimates completeness: the share of genes expected to be present that were actually found. These describe the data quality, not the organism.
Assembly levelScaffold
Completeness85.7% BUSCO
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type1 505 records
Wild obs. + sensor1 264
Museum / vouchered227
Other14
Origin
Native1
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO3 176 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 accuracy22% within 1 km
≤100 m 129≤1 km 107≤10 km 847>10 km 5
1 088 georeferenced · 176 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor1 264
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 accuracy60% within 1 km
≤100 m 16≤1 km 64≤10 km 38>10 km 16
134 georeferenced · 93 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence227
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 41 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Helsinki, FI
33
Olocation not on record
19
Uppsala, SE
17
GJOlocation not on record
10
BDBClocation not on record
9
WU-MYClocation not on record
9
Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record
8
Bernard Price Institute for Palaeontological Researchlocation not on record
8
Bando, JP
7
LDlocation not on record
6
Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record
6
Karlsruhe, DE
5
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
5
Catholic University of Pekinglocation not on record
4
Salzburg, AT
4
TENN-Flocation not on record
4
Zürich, CH
3
Göteborg, SE
3
Nagatoro-machi, Chichibu-gun, JP
3
Philadelphia, US
3
Tomioka, JP
2
MeiseBGlocation not on record
2
Görlitz, DE
2
Osaka, JP
2
Tilburg, NL
2
MAlocation not on record
2
Jyväskylä, FI
2
JA-CAGPDS-CAMlocation not on record
2
Universidade de Lisboa, Museu Bocagelocation not on record
2
UNINE:NEUlocation not on record
1
Bardejov, SK
1
Chapel Hill, US
1
Kew, GB
1
Copenhagen, DK
1
Joensuu, FI
1
Trondheim, NO
1
Gijón, ES
1
Mlocation not on record
1
1
Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record
1
Odawara, JP
1
41 institutions · 196 of 227 vouchered records shown · 31 without an institution code
