Serpula himantioides is a species of fungus that causes damage to timber referred to as dry rot. It is a basidiomycete in the order Boletales. It has been found on all continents except for Antarctica. Recent molecular work demonstrates that S. himantioides is a species complex including multiple cryptic lineages.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Compounds documented for Serpula himantioides across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Documented compounds3 total
Compound
Class
Amount
Source
Himanimide A
present
LOTUS
Himanimide B
present
LOTUS
Himanimide C
present
LOTUS
05DNA & barcoding100 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 Serpula himantioides has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens100
Marker genes2
GenBank sequences9
eDNA detections532
Countries25
The DNA barcodea real sequence read deposited for this species
Serpula himantioides strain CBS 247.53 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.
★ITS9★ITS1
fungal barcode
06Genome at a glanceGoaT · NCBI
The complete instruction manualSerpula himantioides 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 size71 025 000 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 Serpula himantioides0.07 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 levelContig
07Deep time~15.5 Ma lineage
How far back this lineage goes — and how we know. Everything here is measured in Ma, short for “mega-annum”: millions of years ago. The chart reads left to right like a calendar of the Earth, from the deep past on the left to today at the right edgetop to bottom like a core drilled through the Earth, from the deep past at the top down to today at the bottom.
At a glance
DNA clock origin15.5 Ma TimeTree
When this lineage existed
How to read this: the coloured strip along the bottomdown the left is the geological calendar — the standard epochs (Pliocene, Pleistocene…) every museum uses, shown so you can see which chapter of Earth's history this lineage lived in. This lineage is a young one, so the strip is zoomed in to epochs — the finer subdivisions inside a period. The orange marker is the DNA clock: DNA accumulates mutations at a roughly steady rate, so comparing this species' DNA with its relatives estimates when the lineage split off — independently of any fossil.
DNA clock origin
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type6 096 records
Wild obs. + sensor5 076
Museum / vouchered1 020
Origin
Native12
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO12 780 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 accuracy49% within 1 km
≤100 m 1 836≤1 km 400≤10 km 2 325>10 km 37
4 598 georeferenced · 478 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor5 076
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 accuracy73% within 1 km
≤100 m 136≤1 km 117≤10 km 65>10 km 28
346 georeferenced · 674 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence1 020
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 institutions32 of 65 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
94
Copenhagen, DK
73
Helsinki, FI
72
Tartu, EE
39
Görlitz, DE
34
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
33
Uppsala, SE
30
Kew, GB
27
Philadelphia, US
26
Joensuu, FI
22
Oulu, FI
18
WU-MYClocation not on record
11
Metsähallituslocation not on record
11
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record
11
Karlsruhe, DE
10
Mlocation not on record
10
Toronto, CA
9
Göteborg, SE
9
BioFokuslocation not on record
8
Chicago, US
6
Bernard Price Institute for Palaeontological Researchlocation not on record
6
Trondheim, NO
6
Cincinnati, US
5
GJOlocation not on record
5
Stockholm, SE
5
Trondheim, NO
5
Auckland, NZ
5
Tilburg, NL
5
University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU)location not on record
4
Jyväskylä, FI
4
San Sebastián, ES
4
Kensington, AU
4
California State University, East Baylocation not on record
3
DPIlocation not on record
3
Vitoria, ES
3
MAlocation not on record
2
University of Tennessee at Chattanoogalocation not on record
2
LDlocation not on record
2
Kuopio, FI
2
Zürich, CH
2
TROMlocation not on record
2
BDBClocation not on record
2
Warsaw, PL
2
WTUlocation not on record
2
BRNUlocation not on record
2
Pullman, US
2
PRClocation not on record
2
MeiseBGlocation not on record
1
IPA/SPlocation not on record
1
University of Oslo, Natural History Museumlocation not on record
1
Rovaniemi, FI
1
University of Warsawlocation not on record
1
Blacksburg, US
1
HabitatVisionlocation not on record
1
nsnflocation not on record
1
NAlocation not on record
1
Canberra, AU
1
Charles University in Praguelocation not on record
1
Acadia Universitylocation not on record
1
Turku, FI
1
Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record
1
Salzburg, AT
1
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record
1
Umeå Universitylocation not on record
1
Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record
1
65 institutions · 662 of 1 020 vouchered records shown · 300 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA532 detections
Where the DNA of Serpula himantioides 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 found532
Studies independent surveys12
Countries25
Signal confidence: moderateweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 532 detections have coordinates
Open the map25 countries0
Birch(Hardwood) dowel buried in soil of a co…Pine(Softwood) dowel buried in soil of a con…Birch(Hardwood) dowel buried in soil of a co…Treed pine-dwarfshrubs-sphagnum ombrotrophic…Pine(Softwood) dowel buried in soil of a mix…Coniferous forest
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.
62 samples with on-site data · median with range · describes the sample, not the organism
Modelled climatemodelled
−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C
Temperature median15.2 °C 7.10–17.4
Seasonal swing summer↔winter16.2 °C
Max temp (day)19.1 °C 9.20–23.0
Min temp (night)10.6 °C 4.20–15.6
Precipitation75.1 mm/mo 50.0–102
Air humidity61.1 % 54.8–65.7
Moisture balance-38.4 mm/mo -80.1–40.9
Vapour deficit733 Pa 367–852
Wind speed3.90 m/s 2.20–6.20
Cloud cover47.3 % 23.7–58.8
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 496 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 Facility6 096 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI532 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics100 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗