Taphrina pruni is a fungal plant pathogen of blackthorn (Prunus spinosa) that causes the pocket or bladder plum gall, a chemically induced distortion of the fruit (sloes), producing swollen on one side, otherwise deformed and flattened fruit gall without a stone.Stubbs, Page 43 The twigs on infected plants may also be deformed with small strap-shaped leaves.Redfern, Page 249
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Compounds documented for Taphrina pruni across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile1 class
Pyridine alkaloids1
Documented compounds1 total
Compound
Class
Amount
Source
4-Pentadecylpyridine
present
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05DNA & barcoding3 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 Taphrina pruni has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens3
Marker genes2
GenBank sequences10
eDNA detections48
Countries11
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 manualTaphrina pruni 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≈14 272 956 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 Taphrina pruni0.01 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
Completeness83.2% BUSCO
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type3 971 records
Wild obs. + sensor3 361
Museum / vouchered585
Cultivated / captive9
Other16
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO10 168 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 accuracy51% within 1 km
≤100 m 1 277≤1 km 215≤10 km 1 407>10 km 24
2 923 georeferenced · 438 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor3 361
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 accuracy41% within 1 km
≤100 m 13≤1 km 134≤10 km 147>10 km 66
360 georeferenced · 225 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence585
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Coordinate accuracy
no georeferenced coordinates · 9 records without
Open the mapnot free-living9
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 57 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
112
Bernard Price Institute for Palaeontological Researchlocation not on record
49
Helsinki, FI
44
Uppsala, SE
42
Görlitz, DE
38
LDlocation not on record
27
Bronx, US
19
St. Paul, US
17
Karlsruhe, DE
14
TROMlocation not on record
11
DPIlocation not on record
10
Chapel Hill, US
10
FLASlocation not on record
10
Kew, GB
10
Catholic University of Pekinglocation not on record
8
WU-MYClocation not on record
7
PHlocation not on record
7
Auckland, NZ
6
Tartu, EE
5
Champaign, US
5
GJOlocation not on record
5
Oskarshamn, SE
4
Trondheim, NO
4
Grupo Actinomicetales Merida Facultad de Medicinalocation not on record
4
Baton Rouge, US
3
Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record
3
McWane Science Centerlocation not on record
3
TENN-Flocation not on record
3
San Sebastián, ES
2
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record
2
Chicago, US
2
Madison, US
2
Hirosaki Universitylocation not on record
2
MAlocation not on record
2
Université de Montréal Biodiversity Centrelocation not on record
2
Bando, JP
2
Zürich, CH
2
Pullman, US
2
Mlocation not on record
2
Stockholm, SE
1
Lincoln, US
1
Vancouver, CA
1
Salzburg, AT
1
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
1
Universidade de Lisboa, Museu Bocagelocation not on record
1
Odawara, JP
1
Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record
1
Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Researchlocation not on record
1
Gijón, ES
1
BDBClocation not on record
1
GZUlocation not on record
1
Toronto, CA
1
Canberra, AU
1
Clemson, US
1
Cincinnati, US
1
Oulu, FI
1
Copenhagen, DK
1
57 institutions · 520 of 585 vouchered records shown · 65 without an institution code
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
09Environmental DNA48 detections
Where the DNA of Taphrina pruni 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 found48
Studies independent surveys4
Countries11
Signal confidence: moderateweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 48 detections have coordinates
Open the map11 countries0
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.
Measured at samplingin-field
pH5.35 5.10–6.00
Conductivity20.0 µS/cm 12.0–92.0
Organic carbon0.77 % 0.004–3.46
Water content24.5 % 11.5–26.3
Nitrate-N5.12 mg/kg 0.006–35.0
Phosphorus5.00 mg/kg 2.00–8.00
Clay18.9 % 0.91–35.9
Sand71.1 % 23.1–95.1
Depth0 m 0–0.2
SoilKurosolChromosolKandosolSodosol
9 samples with on-site data · median with range · describes the sample, not the organism
Modelled climatemodelled
−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C
Temperature median14.7 °C 6.20–21.6
Seasonal swing summer↔winter14.1 °C
Max temp (day)19.5 °C 11.4–26.2
Min temp (night)9.50 °C 2.40–16.6
Precipitation73.9 mm/mo 33.7–159
Air humidity58.7 % 53.6–62.0
Moisture balance-21.6 mm/mo -54.9–29.4
Vapour deficit705 Pa 415–1,022
Wind speed2.70 m/s 2.30–4.00
Cloud cover38.6 % 25.6–44.6
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 46 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.
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ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI48 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics3 specimens↗
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