Umbilicaria deusta, commonly known as peppered rock tripe, is a widely distributed species of saxicolous lichen in the family Umbilicariaceae. It was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1753 work Species Plantarum as Lichen polyphyllus. German botanist Johann Christian Gottlob Baumgarten transferred it to the genus Umbilicaria in 1790. The lichen has a dark brown to nearly black thallus that typically measures 1 – in diameter. The upper surface is covered with tiny black dots that are granular isidia; the lower surface is the same colour as the upper surface, and is either smooth or covereds with dimples. It grows on exposed boulders and rocky outcrops.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Compounds documented for Umbilicaria deusta 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 Umbilicaria deusta has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens7
Marker genes2
GenBank sequences10
eDNA detections13
Countries3
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 manualUmbilicaria deusta 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≈40 755 763 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
FUNGUS0.04 Gb
THIS GENOME Umbilicaria deusta0.04 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 levelChromosome
Completeness95.8% BUSCO
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type8 141 records
Wild obs. + sensor5 027
Museum / vouchered3 010
Other104
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO22 128 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 accuracy84% within 1 km
≤100 m 2 298≤1 km 1 563≤10 km 673>10 km 69
4 603 georeferenced · 424 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor5 027
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 accuracy56% within 1 km
≤100 m 254≤1 km 547≤10 km 499>10 km 133
1 433 georeferenced · 1 577 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence3 010
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 institutions54 of 120 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
461
St. Paul, US
184
LDlocation not on record
180
Philadelphia, US
162
Polar-Alpine Botanical Garden-Institutelocation not on record
156
Madison, US
127
Uppsala, SE
105
Stockholm, SE
86
Vancouver, CA
61
DOI/NPS, Colonial National Historical Parklocation not on record
59
ASUlocation not on record
58
Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung: Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseumlocation not on record
52
Bergen, NO
51
Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record
47
Trondheim, NO
42
TROMlocation not on record
41
Durham, US
40
Université Lavallocation not on record
38
Bronx, US
36
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
34
Chicago, US
31
TSBlocation not on record
30
UNITOlocation not on record
29
CLUlocation not on record
29
University of Gdansklocation not on record
27
US
26
WTUlocation not on record
26
Berlin, DE
26
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
26
Ann Arbor, US
23
GZUlocation not on record
22
Salzburg, AT
20
Edmonton, CA
19
Helsinki, FI
19
Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record
17
ILLSlocation not on record
16
McWane Science Centerlocation not on record
16
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record
15
Uniwersytet Wrocławskilocation not on record
13
Oskarshamn, SE
11
Boise, US
11
Clocation not on record
11
Wuzhou, CN
9
Bozeman, US
9
Göteborg, SE
8
Minia, EG
8
Entomological Society of Latvialocation not on record
7
Museo Achille Folettolocation not on record
7
Barcelona, ES
7
Forssa, FI
6
Turku, FI
6
Oulu, FI
6
Universidade de Lisboa, Museu Bocagelocation not on record
6
Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record
6
Institute of the Industrial Ecology Problems of the North of Kola Science Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences.location not on record
6
Toronto, CA
6
Dhaka, BD
5
University of Manitobalocation not on record
5
Porvoo, FI
5
BClocation not on record
4
Staatsarchiv Urilocation not on record
4
nbflocation not on record
4
New Brunswick, US
4
Madrid, ES
4
University of Oslo, Natural History Museumlocation not on record
4
New Haven, US
4
PHlocation not on record
4
Chapel Hill, US
3
MNHWlocation not on record
3
European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy (EDIT)location not on record
3
Christchurch, NZ
3
BG-NMNHSlocation not on record
3
Tallinn, EE
3
PRClocation not on record
3
BioFokuslocation not on record
3
DClocation not on record
3
FLASlocation not on record
3
MeiseBGlocation not on record
2
Hobart, AU
2
Albuquerque, US
2
Umeå Universitylocation not on record
2
Repubblica di San Marinolocation not on record
2
WU-MYClocation not on record
2
Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Researchlocation not on record
2
Burlington, US
2
Acadia Universitylocation not on record
2
AADClocation not on record
2
Canberra, AU
2
BRNUlocation not on record
2
Champaign, US
2
MAlocation not on record
2
Vitoria, ES
2
Metsähallituslocation not on record
2
San Sebastián, ES
2
Kensington, AU
1
Auckland, NZ
1
Lincoln, US
1
Knoxville, US
1
Mexico City, MX
1
University of Hamburglocation not on record
1
Klostermuseum Disentislocation not on record
1
BDBClocation not on record
1
Weber State Universitylocation not on record
1
University of Western Ontariolocation not on record
1
Edinburgh, GB
1
NYSlocation not on record
1
EL PASO, US
1
Victoria, CA
1
Mlocation not on record
1
Kenai National Wildlife Refugelocation not on record
1
Pocatello, US
1
CJBGlocation not on record
1
Servico de Microbiologia e Imunologialocation not on record
1
Uniwersytet Jagiellońskilocation not on record
1
Oregon State Universitylocation not on record
1
DOI/FWS, Kenai National Wildlife Refugelocation not on record
1
Morgantown, US
1
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburghlocation not on record
1
College Park, US
1
TFBLMlocation not on record
1
120 institutions · 2 717 of 3 010 vouchered records shown · 293 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA13 detections
Where the DNA of Umbilicaria deusta 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 found13
Studies independent surveys2
Countries3
Signal confidence: moderateweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 13 detections have coordinates
Open the map3 countries0
black lichen zone on boulderon top of a boulder at edge of lochanExposed rock wallOn siliceous stone in the subalpine heath
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 median11.2 °C 1.80–13.9
Seasonal swing summer↔winter20.4 °C
Max temp (day)13.5 °C 3.90–16.8
Min temp (night)5.90 °C -0.5–9.70
Precipitation94.4 mm/mo 75.2–135
Air humidity62.9 % 60.4–67.8
Moisture balance65.5 mm/mo
Vapour deficit377 Pa 251–629
Wind speed4.10 m/s
Cloud cover52.0 % 44.5–61.3
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 7 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 Facility8 141 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI13 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics7 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗