Compounds documented for Stereocaulon alpinum 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 Stereocaulon alpinum has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens39
Marker genes2
GenBank sequences10
eDNA detections39
Countries7
The DNA barcodea real sequence read deposited for this species
Stereocaulon alpinum clone Otu12 small subunit ribosomal RNA gene and internal transcribed spacer 1, 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.
★ITS10★ITS1
fungal barcode
06Genome at a glanceGoaT · NCBI
The complete instruction manualStereocaulon alpinum 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≈38 279 440 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 Stereocaulon alpinum0.04 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
Completeness97.3% BUSCO
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type4 792 records
Wild obs. + sensor1 499
Museum / vouchered3 225
Other68
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO10 708 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 accuracy44% within 1 km
≤100 m 215≤1 km 127≤10 km 420>10 km 16
778 georeferenced · 721 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor1 499
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 accuracy52% within 1 km
≤100 m 147≤1 km 362≤10 km 381>10 km 80
970 georeferenced · 2 255 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence3 225
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 institutions50 of 103 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Madison, US
297
UFMSlocation not on record
273
Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record
228
Olocation not on record
224
172
Vancouver, CA
152
Durham, US
113
LDlocation not on record
80
AASlocation not on record
74
Uppsala, SE
67
DOI/NPS, Colonial National Historical Parklocation not on record
63
Polar-Alpine Botanical Garden-Institutelocation not on record
57
ASUlocation not on record
53
Université Lavallocation not on record
53
TROMlocation not on record
52
Stockholm, SE
51
Edmonton, CA
51
Clocation not on record
49
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
45
Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung: Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseumlocation not on record
43
McWane Science Centerlocation not on record
43
Philadelphia, US
41
British Antarctic Surveylocation not on record
36
Trondheim, NO
34
St. Paul, US
32
Berlin, DE
32
Helsinki, FI
28
Ann Arbor, US
27
University of Gdansklocation not on record
25
CJBGlocation not on record
24
WTUlocation not on record
24
Salzburg, AT
23
BRNUlocation not on record
23
Bergen, NO
21
Chicago, US
17
Dhaka, BD
17
Mlocation not on record
16
GZUlocation not on record
13
Madrid, ES
13
Boise, US
13
US
13
Bozeman, US
10
Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record
10
Staatsarchiv Urilocation not on record
10
TSBlocation not on record
8
Göteborg, SE
8
Bronx, US
7
UNITOlocation not on record
7
ILLSlocation not on record
6
Santa Barbara, US
6
Entomological Society of Latvialocation not on record
6
Museo Achille Folettolocation not on record
6
BG-NMNHSlocation not on record
6
Uniwersytet Wrocławskilocation not on record
6
PHlocation not on record
6
MeiseBGlocation not on record
5
Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record
5
Edinburgh, GB
5
nbflocation not on record
5
Auckland, NZ
4
Frauenfeld, CH
4
Barcelona, ES
4
Anchorage, US
3
Repubblica di San Marinolocation not on record
3
Sion, CH
3
Klostermuseum Disentislocation not on record
3
Knoxville, US
3
Toronto, CA
2
Logan, US
2
CLUlocation not on record
2
Garðabær, IS
2
Chapel Hill, US
2
Arequipa, PE
2
Yukon Universitylocation not on record
2
Kuopio, FI
2
DOI/FWS, Kenai National Wildlife Refugelocation not on record
2
Victoria, CA
2
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
1
Wuzhou, CN
1
Acadia Universitylocation not on record
1
Oskarshamn, SE
1
Champaign, US
1
Ural Federal University "B. N. Yeltsin"location not on record
1
EL PASO, US
1
FLASlocation not on record
1
Minia, EG
1
DClocation not on record
1
Kenai National Wildlife Refugelocation not on record
1
San Sebastián, ES
1
Grupo Actinomicetales Merida Facultad de Medicinalocation not on record
1
Morgantown, US
1
Albuquerque, US
1
Catholic University of Pekinglocation not on record
1
Mexico City, MX
1
Burlington, US
1
University of Oslo, Natural History Museumlocation not on record
1
New Brunswick, US
1
University of Hamburglocation not on record
1
GJOlocation not on record
1
Institute of the Industrial Ecology Problems of the North of Kola Science Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences.location not on record
1
BioFokuslocation not on record
1
Portland, US
1
MAlocation not on record
1
103 institutions · 2 907 of 3 225 vouchered records shown · 258 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA39 detections
Where the DNA of Stereocaulon alpinum 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 found39
Studies independent surveys1
Countries5
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 39 detections have coordinates
Open the map5 countries0
On the ground in open spruce forestalpine
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 median1.50 °C -3.40–3.40
Seasonal swing summer↔winter21.0 °C
Max temp (day)5.30 °C 0.2–6.30
Min temp (night)-3.90 °C -8.30–1.20
Precipitation95.6 mm/mo 69.6–183
Air humidity62.1 % 59.8–69.1
Moisture balance21.7 mm/mo -16.3–128
Vapour deficit294 Pa 212–294
Wind speed1.80 m/s 1.80–4.80
Cloud cover46.8 % 46.8–58.0
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 28 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.
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility4 754 records↗
OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System38 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI39 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics39 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
NPASSNat. Product Activity & Species Sourcecompounds↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗