Ramalina menziesii, the lace lichen or fishnet, is a pale yellowish-green to grayish-green foliose lichen. It grows up to a meter long, hanging from bark and twigs in a distinctive net-like or lace-like pattern that is unlike any other lichen in North America. It becomes a deeper green when wet. Apothecia are lecanorine. it is an important food source for deer in the Coast Range of California, and a source of nest material for birds. It is highly variable in its growth form, with branches sometimes so slender as to appear like strands, sometimes tiny, and sometimes large with broadly flattened branches. After years of effort, the California Lichen Society was able to convince the state legislature to recognize the lichen as the state lichen of California, the first lichen so honored.
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 Ramalina menziesii has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens6
Marker genes2
GenBank sequences10
eDNA detections6
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.
★ITS10★ITS1
fungal barcode
06Genome at a glanceGoaT · NCBI
The complete instruction manualRamalina menziesii 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≈24 878 815 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
THIS GENOME Ramalina menziesii0.02 Gb
FUNGUS0.04 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
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type8 336 records
Wild obs. + sensor7 293
Museum / vouchered1 041
Other2
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO8 356 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 accuracy93% within 1 km
≤100 m 4 657≤1 km 779≤10 km 280>10 km 152
5 868 georeferenced · 1 425 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor7 293
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 accuracy31% within 1 km
≤100 m 19≤1 km 103≤10 km 220>10 km 51
393 georeferenced · 648 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence1 041
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 institutions44 of 69 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
ASUlocation not on record
124
Chicago, US
103
Madison, US
89
Durham, US
63
LDlocation not on record
61
WTUlocation not on record
53
Vancouver, CA
52
US
43
St. Paul, US
36
Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record
24
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
23
DOI/NPS, Colonial National Historical Parklocation not on record
20
Santa Barbara, US
19
Boise, US
17
Minia, EG
16
Bergen, NO
16
PHlocation not on record
15
Philadelphia, US
15
San Luis Obispo, US
13
Bronx, US
13
Wuzhou, CN
12
Chapel Hill, US
12
Davis, US
11
ILLSlocation not on record
10
Berlin, DE
9
Uppsala, SE
8
Stockholm, SE
8
Olocation not on record
7
Weber State Universitylocation not on record
7
Toronto, CA
6
Ann Arbor, US
6
DOI/NPS, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Sitelocation not on record
6
McWane Science Centerlocation not on record
6
Mexico City, MX
5
US
5
Chicago, US
5
Victoria, CA
4
Portland, US
4
Fort Hayslocation not on record
3
New Haven, US
3
Göteborg, SE
3
Logan, US
2
New Brunswick, US
2
Catholic University of Pekinglocation not on record
2
Bozeman, US
2
Morgantown, US
2
FLASlocation not on record
2
University of Gdansklocation not on record
2
MeiseBGlocation not on record
2
Acadia Universitylocation not on record
2
Oregon State Universitylocation not on record
2
EL PASO, US
2
IPA/SPlocation not on record
2
Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record
1
Helsinki, FI
1
Henderson, US
1
College Park, US
1
Bloomington, US
1
Edmonton, CA
1
Champaign, US
1
Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung: Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseumlocation not on record
1
South Kensington, GB
1
Paris, FR
1
San Diego, US
1
University of British Columbia, Herbariumlocation not on record
1
Knoxville, US
1
AUAlocation not on record
1
Université Lavallocation not on record
1
Trondheim, NO
1
69 institutions · 995 of 1 041 vouchered records shown · 46 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA6 detections
Where the DNA of Ramalina menziesii 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 found6
Studies independent surveys1
Countries1
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 6 detections have coordinates
Open the map1 country0
coastal headland
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 median12.2 °C 12.2–12.2
Seasonal swing summer↔winter10.3 °C
Max temp (day)14.7 °C
Min temp (night)10.1 °C
Precipitation158 mm/mo
Air humidity66.2 %
Moisture balance43.4 mm/mo
Vapour deficit482 Pa
Wind speed4.50 m/s
Cloud cover38.7 %
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 Foundation1 languages↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility8 336 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI6 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics6 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗
Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗