Ustilago maydis

(Pers.) Roussel · species

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Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Ustilaginales/Ustilaginaceae/Ustilago

At a glance

Occurrence records1 346

Data sources5

Biological traits0

DNA specimens18

eDNA detections61

Sources5 archives

Databases and archives Ustilago maydis's data was compiled from.

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility1 343 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System3 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI61 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics18 specimens↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

On this page3 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

Occurrence & distributionGBIF · OBIS1 346 records

Environmental DNA3 datasets · 13 countries61 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD18 specimens

02Traits & measurements

No structured trait data for this taxon yet.

05DNA & barcoding18 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 Ustilago maydis has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens18

Marker genes5

eDNA detections61

Countries13

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.

★COI-5P★ITS★ITS1★ITS25-8S

animal barcodefungal barcodemarker

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type1 346 records

Wild obs. + sensor1 272

Museum / vouchered74

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO3 380 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 accuracy40% within 1 km

≤100 m 303≤1 km 113≤10 km 616

1 032 georeferenced · 240 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor1 272

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 accuracy5% within 1 km

≤1 km 1≤10 km 18>10 km 1

20 georeferenced · 54 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence74

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 institutions6 of 9 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Zürich, CH	8
Chicago, US	6
Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova \| Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record	3
Uppsala, SE	2
LDlocation not on record	1
Winterthur, CH	1
Copenhagen, DK	1
University of Athens, Hellenic Collection of Pathogenic Fungilocation not on record	1
Lausanne, CH	1

9 institutions · 24 of 74 vouchered records shown · 47 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA61 detections

Where the DNA of Ustilago maydis 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 found61

Studies independent surveys3

Countries13

Signal confidence: moderateweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections

Where its DNA was found

0 of 61 detections have coordinates

Open the map13 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

Temperature14.4 °C 14.2–18.4

Conductivity42,685 µS/cm 42,472–46,915

Salinity35.3 PSU 35.3–35.5

Turbidity0.547 NTU 0.371–0.85

Nitrate10.0 µmol/L 6.40–11.0

Depth100 m 50.0–100

Pelagic

3 samples with on-site data · median with range · describes the sample, not the organism

Modelled climatemodelled

−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C

Temperature median10.7 °C 6.30–19.4

Seasonal swing summer↔winter17.7 °C

Max temp (day)15.0 °C 9.70–23.1

Min temp (night)7.40 °C 3.10–15.7

Precipitation67.1 mm/mo 15.7–129

Air humidity59.9 % 56.6–66.1

Moisture balance-6.40 mm/mo -68.4–81.0

Vapour deficit517 Pa 328–985

Wind speed3.10 m/s 2.30–4.80

Cloud cover39.9 % 26.0–50.3

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 48 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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Ustilago maydis

At a glance

Sources5 archives

At a glance

Record type1 346 records

Range

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions6 of 9 geolocated

Signal

Where its DNA was found

How strong is each trace?

Measured at samplingin-field

Modelled climatemodelled

Record type1 346 records