Rhizopogon luteolus is an ectomycorrhizal fungus used as a soil inoculant in agriculture and horticulture. It was deliberately introduced into Pinus radiata plantations in Western Australia after it was observed to improve tree growth.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Compounds documented for Rhizopogon luteolus across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Documented compounds1 total
Compound
Class
Amount
Source
3-Hydroxy-2,4-dimethylheptacosyl acetate
present
LOTUS
05DNA & barcoding10 specimens
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 Rhizopogon luteolus has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens10
Marker genes2
GenBank sequences8
eDNA detections127
Countries6
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.
★ITS8★ITS1
fungal barcode
06Genome at a glanceGoaT
The complete instruction manualRhizopogon luteolus 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 size45 390 000 bp
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 Rhizopogon luteolus0.05 Gb
INSECT0.25 Gb
HUMAN3.2 Gb
WHEAT17 Gb
FERN Tmesipteris160.45 Gb
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type2 902 records
Wild obs. + sensor2 242
Museum / vouchered600
Other60
Origin
Native19
Introduced1
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO6 360 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 accuracy50% within 1 km
≤100 m 726≤1 km 320≤10 km 1 005>10 km 52
2 103 georeferenced · 139 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor2 242
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 accuracy62% within 1 km
≤100 m 85≤1 km 163≤10 km 85>10 km 65
398 georeferenced · 202 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence600
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 institutions36 of 66 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
100
Uppsala, SE
89
BDBClocation not on record
34
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record
22
Karlsruhe, DE
19
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
18
Bernard Price Institute for Palaeontological Researchlocation not on record
16
San Sebastián, ES
16
Córdoba, ES
14
TROMlocation not on record
12
Philadelphia, US
10
Ann Arbor, US
10
Helsinki, FI
9
Trondheim, NO
9
Tartu, EE
8
JA-CAGPDS-CAMlocation not on record
7
Kew, GB
7
Oulu, FI
7
DPIlocation not on record
6
Bronx, US
5
Salamanca, ES
5
Göteborg, SE
5
GJOlocation not on record
5
WU-MYClocation not on record
4
Kensington, AU
4
Berlin, DE
4
Mlocation not on record
4
Stockholm, SE
4
Hobart, AU
4
Canberra, AU
4
Department of Plant Resources, National Herbarium and Plant Laboratorieslocation not on record
4
Jyväskylä, FI
3
MAlocation not on record
3
Staten Island, US
3
nsnflocation not on record
3
Kuopio, FI
3
MeiseBGlocation not on record
3
Umeå Universitylocation not on record
3
Tilburg, NL
3
TUR-Alocation not on record
2
Turku, FI
2
Parkville, AU
2
Chicago, US
2
Chapel Hill, US
2
Catholic University of Pekinglocation not on record
2
Auckland, NZ
2
Universidade de Lisboa, Museu Bocagelocation not on record
2
DIEF VALONSADEROlocation not on record
1
Brown Universitylocation not on record
1
Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record
1
University of Oslo, Natural History Museumlocation not on record
1
Champaign, US
1
Entomological Society of Latvialocation not on record
1
Mexico City, MX
1
Orto botanico di Lucca | Botanical Garden of Luccalocation not on record
1
Baton Rouge, US
1
Denver, US
1
Bardejov, SK
1
Vitoria, ES
1
University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU)location not on record
1
LDlocation not on record
1
Natural History Museum, Tribhuvan Universitylocation not on record
1
BioFokuslocation not on record
1
Leicester, GB
1
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record
1
Gijón, ES
1
66 institutions · 524 of 600 vouchered records shown · 74 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA127 detections
Where the DNA of Rhizopogon luteolus 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 found127
Studies independent surveys4
Countries6
Signal confidence: moderateweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 127 detections have coordinates
Open the map6 countries0
kalkfuruskogPalearctic
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 median16.5 °C 7.30–17.9
Seasonal swing summer↔winter20.8 °C
Max temp (day)19.2 °C 9.30–21.4
Min temp (night)12.7 °C 5.60–15.1
Precipitation64.6 mm/mo 52.3–84.9
Air humidity60.8 % 59.4–64.6
Moisture balance-45.4 mm/mo -77.2–65.5
Vapour deficit718 Pa 410–819
Wind speed3.70 m/s 2.20–6.80
Cloud cover36.2 % 34.8–46.0
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 123 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 Foundation4 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility2 902 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI127 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics10 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome ~0.05 Gbp↗
Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗