Compounds documented for Usnea florida 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 Usnea florida has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens20
Marker genes2
GenBank sequences10
eDNA detections19
Countries4
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 manualUsnea florida 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≈44 323 432 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 Usnea florida0.04 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
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type5 915 records
Wild obs. + sensor4 528
Museum / vouchered1 360
Other27
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO9 692 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 accuracy77% within 1 km
≤100 m 2 281≤1 km 1 031≤10 km 985>10 km 14
4 311 georeferenced · 217 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor4 528
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 accuracy35% within 1 km
≤100 m 104≤1 km 87≤10 km 277>10 km 79
547 georeferenced · 813 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence1 360
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 institutions42 of 86 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
University of Gdansklocation not on record
253
Uppsala, SE
163
LDlocation not on record
84
Olocation not on record
63
M-Lichenslocation not on record
62
Madison, US
53
Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Skłodowskiejlocation not on record
47
València, ES
43
Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung: Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseumlocation not on record
39
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
28
Trondheim, NO
26
ULBF-AGRlocation not on record
25
Berlin, DE
20
Madrid, ES
18
GZUlocation not on record
15
M-VascularPlantslocation not on record
15
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record
14
Burlington, US
14
Durham, US
14
Champaign, US
13
CJBGlocation not on record
13
Minia, EG
13
BG-NMNHSlocation not on record
13
Chicago, US
11
Entomological Society of Latvialocation not on record
11
San Sebastián, ES
10
Philadelphia, US
10
Oskarshamn, SE
10
DOI/NPS, Colonial National Historical Parklocation not on record
9
Göteborg, SE
9
Museo Achille Folettolocation not on record
8
BClocation not on record
8
US
8
ASUlocation not on record
8
PHlocation not on record
8
BioFokuslocation not on record
8
Repubblica di San Marinolocation not on record
7
Barcelona, ES
7
Mlocation not on record
6
MeiseBGlocation not on record
6
TSBlocation not on record
6
New Haven, US
6
Vitoria, ES
6
Bergen, NO
5
Stockholm, SE
5
Wuzhou, CN
4
South Kensington, GB
4
St. Paul, US
4
European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy (EDIT)location not on record
4
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburghlocation not on record
4
Université Lavallocation not on record
3
WTUlocation not on record
3
Anchorage, US
3
nbflocation not on record
3
ILLSlocation not on record
3
Universidade de Lisboa, Museu Bocagelocation not on record
3
Helsinki, FI
2
Acadia Universitylocation not on record
2
BDBClocation not on record
2
UNITOlocation not on record
2
Auckland, NZ
2
Pretoria, ZA
2
CJBNlocation not on record
2
Salzburg, AT
2
Institut und Museum fuer Geologie und Palaeontologielocation not on record
1
Turku, FI
1
Boise, US
1
Albuquerque, US
1
MAlocation not on record
1
Frauenfeld, CH
1
Vancouver, CA
1
Morgantown, US
1
Guangxi Institute of Traditional Medical and Pharmaceutical Scienceslocation not on record
1
Musée des Confluenceslocation not on record
1
New Brunswick, US
1
Museo di Storia Naturale di Venezia Giancarlo Ligabue | Natural History Museum of Venice Giancarlo Ligabuelocation not on record
1
Logan, US
1
Fort Worth, US
1
QVMAGlocation not on record
1
Staatsarchiv Urilocation not on record
1
Tallinn, EE
1
Bourges, FR
1
Wellington, NZ
1
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
1
Butler Universitylocation not on record
1
Ivano-Frankivsk, UA
1
86 institutions · 1 296 of 1 360 vouchered records shown · 58 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA19 detections
Where the DNA of Usnea florida 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 found19
Studies independent surveys1
Countries3
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 19 detections have coordinates
Open the map3 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 median5.30 °C 3.40–15.0
Seasonal swing summer↔winter17.1 °C
Max temp (day)8.00 °C 6.70–17.1
Min temp (night)2.00 °C -0.2–11.2
Precipitation76.3 mm/mo 61.6–134
Air humidity64.4 % 63.5–68.9
Moisture balance17.8 mm/mo -15.0–100
Vapour deficit351 Pa 327–573
Wind speed3.00 m/s 2.40–5.00
Cloud cover51.4 % 49.9–60.5
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 10 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.
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility5 915 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI19 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics20 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↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗