Lenzites elegans, also known as Trametes elegans and Daedalea elegans, is a common polypore and wood-decay fungus with a pantropical distribution found on hardwood hosts in regions including Australia, New Zealand, and Japan.
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 Trametes elegans has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens49
Marker genes2
eDNA detections68
Countries12
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.
★ITS★ITS1
fungal barcode
06Genome at a glanceGoaT
The complete instruction manualTrametes elegans 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 size33 080 000 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
THIS GENOME Trametes elegans0.03 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 levelContig
07Deep time~6.88 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 origin6.88 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 type1 111 records
Wild obs. + sensor262
Museum / vouchered848
Cultivated / captive1
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO3 308 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 accuracy82% within 1 km
≤100 m 119≤1 km 39≤10 km 16>10 km 19
193 georeferenced · 69 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor262
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 accuracy64% within 1 km
≤100 m 229≤1 km 27≤10 km 115>10 km 26
397 georeferenced · 451 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence848
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 · 1 records without
Open the mapnot free-living1
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 institutions33 of 71 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Mexico City, MX
126
Bronx, US
87
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record
57
Zapopan, MX
56
National Biodiversity Institute, Costa Ricalocation not on record
44
Olocation not on record
37
Beltsville, US
36
Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabascolocation not on record
35
TENN-Flocation not on record
34
Davis and Elkins Collegelocation not on record
26
MeiseBGlocation not on record
23
Brisbane, AU
20
ILLSlocation not on record
16
Helsinki, FI
15
Chicago, US
13
IPA/SPlocation not on record
13
DPIlocation not on record
13
Canberra, AU
12
Córdoba, AR
11
Fungario QCAM de la Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuadorlocation not on record
11
Chiba, JP
10
Bernard Price Institute for Palaeontological Researchlocation not on record
10
Ciudad de México, MX
9
Universidad de los Llanos (UniLlanos)location not on record
6
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA)location not on record
6
National Institute of Biological Resourceslocation not on record
5
UEGlocation not on record
5
The University of Arizonalocation not on record
5
Gujarat Biodiversity Gene Banklocation not on record
5
Universidade Federale do Rio Grande do Sullocation not on record
4
Museum of Zoologylocation not on record
4
Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldilocation not on record
4
Instituto Tecnológico de Ciudad Victorialocation not on record
3
UFSClocation not on record
3
Colorado State Universitylocation not on record
3
Görlitz, DE
3
Durham, US
3
Bando, JP
2
St. Paul, US
2
Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung: Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseumlocation not on record
2
Philadelphia, US
2
Ann Arbor, US
2
Ensenada, MX
2
Laboratorio de Ictiologialocation not on record
2
Tomioka, JP
2
Toronto, CA
2
Mérida, MX
2
Durango, MX
2
Madison, US
1
Baton Rouge, US
1
Université de Montréal Biodiversity Centrelocation not on record
1
Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Moreloslocation not on record
1
Göteborg, SE
1
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
1
National Museums of Kenyalocation not on record
1
Copenhagen, DK
1
CA
1
Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paranálocation not on record
1
McWane Science Centerlocation not on record
1
Catholic University of Pekinglocation not on record
1
Pullman, US
1
Guatemala City, GT
1
WTUlocation not on record
1
Kensington, AU
1
Personal Herbarium of Alan Francklocation not on record
1
Osaka, JP
1
UJEDlocation not on record
1
Chapel Hill, US
1
UFPElocation not on record
1
Tampa, US
1
Universidad de los Andes (UNIANDES)location not on record
1
71 institutions · 818 of 848 vouchered records shown · 29 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 DNA68 detections
Where the DNA of Trametes elegans 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 found68
Studies independent surveys4
Countries11
Signal confidence: moderateweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 68 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.
Modelled climatemodelled
−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C
Temperature median24.8 °C 21.4–28.3
Seasonal swing summer↔winter5.00 °C
Max temp (day)28.4 °C 25.3–31.6
Min temp (night)21.6 °C 18.1–25.7
Precipitation199 mm/mo 69.4–355
Air humidity67.2 % 61.5–69.0
Moisture balance54.1 mm/mo
Vapour deficit1,015 Pa 826–1,426
Wind speed2.40 m/s
Cloud cover34.0 % 18.7–55.0
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 27 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 Foundation2 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility1 111 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI68 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics49 specimens↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗