Usnea fulvoreagens is a species of beard lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. It was first described by Finnish lichenologist Veli Räsänen in 1931 as a variety of Usnea glabrescens. He raised it to distinct species status in 1935. The lichen has a shrubby thallus that is richly branched, and bases that are blackened. The presence of norstictic acid is often used to differentiate this species from other similar species. It has a widespread distribution in Europe.
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 Usnea fulvoreagens has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens10
Marker genes1
GenBank sequences10
eDNA detections12
Countries5
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
fungal barcode
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type1 278 records
Wild obs. + sensor321
Museum / vouchered955
Other2
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO2 652 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 accuracy34% within 1 km
≤100 m 29≤1 km 79≤10 km 205>10 km 2
315 georeferenced · 6 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor321
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 accuracy54% within 1 km
≤100 m 19≤1 km 25≤10 km 30>10 km 8
82 georeferenced · 873 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence955
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 institutions28 of 58 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
McWane Science Centerlocation not on record
357
Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung: Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseumlocation not on record
224
Philadelphia, US
33
Bronx, US
27
Durham, US
21
ASUlocation not on record
19
University of Gdansklocation not on record
17
Bozeman, US
17
WTUlocation not on record
14
Berlin, DE
12
Metsähallituslocation not on record
12
M-Lichenslocation not on record
12
ILLSlocation not on record
11
US
11
Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record
9
València, ES
9
Ann Arbor, US
8
Madrid, ES
8
MeiseBGlocation not on record
7
FLASlocation not on record
6
DOI/NPS, Colonial National Historical Parklocation not on record
6
LDlocation not on record
5
ULBF-AGRlocation not on record
5
Madison, US
4
CJBGlocation not on record
3
Université Lavallocation not on record
3
Chicago, US
3
Pocatello, US
3
Vitoria, ES
3
Wuzhou, CN
3
BDBClocation not on record
3
New Brunswick, US
3
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburghlocation not on record
3
Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Skłodowskiejlocation not on record
3
DOI/NPS, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Sitelocation not on record
2
GZUlocation not on record
2
Acadia Universitylocation not on record
2
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
2
Davis, US
2
Helsinki, FI
2
Barcelona, ES
2
Vancouver, CA
2
Fort Hayslocation not on record
2
Uppsala, SE
2
Oulu, FI
1
Toronto, CA
1
Museo Achille Folettolocation not on record
1
Oregon State Universitylocation not on record
1
UoB-IBlocation not on record
1
Durham, US
1
Kew, GB
1
Arcata, US
1
San Sebastián, ES
1
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record
1
New Haven, US
1
BG-NMNHSlocation not on record
1
Santa Barbara, US
1
Uniwersytet Wrocławskilocation not on record
1
58 institutions · 918 of 955 vouchered records shown · 36 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA12 detections
Where the DNA of Usnea fulvoreagens 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 found12
Studies independent surveys3
Countries4
Signal confidence: moderateweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 12 detections have coordinates
Open the map4 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 median9.70 °C 2.80–15.4
Seasonal swing summer↔winter10.7 °C
Max temp (day)12.4 °C 4.10–19.6
Min temp (night)6.20 °C -0.5–12.2
Precipitation93.7 mm/mo 50.2–222
Air humidity64.4 % 61.1–71.0
Moisture balance25.5 mm/mo -46.6–169
Vapour deficit481 Pa 215–662
Wind speed3.70 m/s 2.10–4.60
Cloud cover50.3 % 39.9–52.5
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 6 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 Foundation1 languages↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility1 278 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI12 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics10 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗