Verpa conica, commonly known as the bell morel or the early morel, is a species of fungi in the family Morchellaceae. Sometimes mistaken for a true morel (genus Morchella), this species is an “early morel” characterized by a cap resembling a thimble that is freely attached to the stem.
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 Verpa conica has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens10
Marker genes2
GenBank sequences9
eDNA detections64
Countries10
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.
★ITS9★ITS1
fungal barcode
06Genome at a glanceGoaT · NCBI
The complete instruction manualVerpa conica 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 size48 830 000 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
FUNGUS0.04 Gb
THIS GENOME Verpa conica0.05 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
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type4 127 records
Wild obs. + sensor3 646
Museum / vouchered473
Other8
Origin
Native3
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO8 780 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 accuracy33% within 1 km
≤100 m 704≤1 km 347≤10 km 1 925>10 km 231
3 207 georeferenced · 439 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor3 646
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 57≤1 km 114≤10 km 112>10 km 21
304 georeferenced · 169 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence473
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 institutions35 of 63 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Ann Arbor, US
43
Kew, GB
22
Olocation not on record
20
WU-MYClocation not on record
20
Helsinki, FI
18
Berlin, DE
18
Oulu, FI
17
Uppsala, SE
15
Bernard Price Institute for Palaeontological Researchlocation not on record
13
FAMCALlocation not on record
13
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
11
Philadelphia, US
10
WTUlocation not on record
9
BDBClocation not on record
9
Université de Montréal Biodiversity Centrelocation not on record
9
Görlitz, DE
9
Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record
9
GJOlocation not on record
8
MAlocation not on record
7
Chicago, US
7
Fungarium of Yugra State Universitylocation not on record
5
TROMlocation not on record
5
Vitoria, ES
5
Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record
5
Denver, US
4
St. Paul, US
4
Kuopio, FI
4
Vancouver, CA
3
Toronto, CA
3
Cincinnati, US
3
Joensuu, FI
3
3
Pullman, US
3
TENN-Flocation not on record
3
FLASlocation not on record
3
Karlsruhe, DE
3
MeiseBGlocation not on record
3
Trondheim, NO
2
Salzburg, AT
2
Bronx, US
2
Davis and Elkins Collegelocation not on record
2
Catholic University of Pekinglocation not on record
2
Laramie, US
2
IB FRC Komi SC UB RASlocation not on record
2
ILLSlocation not on record
2
nsnflocation not on record
2
Göteborg, SE
2
Bardejov, SK
2
Tartu, EE
1
Gijón, ES
1
California State University, East Baylocation not on record
1
McWane Science Centerlocation not on record
1
Tomioka, JP
1
CJBGlocation not on record
1
Staten Island, US
1
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kewlocation not on record
1
Blacksburg, US
1
Copenhagen, DK
1
Colorado State Universitylocation not on record
1
Provincia di Livornolocation not on record
1
Madison, US
1
Zürich, CH
1
Turku, FI
1
63 institutions · 386 of 473 vouchered records shown · 83 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA64 detections
Where the DNA of Verpa conica 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 found64
Studies independent surveys5
Countries10
Signal confidence: moderateweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 64 detections have coordinates
Open the map10 countries0
PalearcticIndomalayan
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 median11.6 °C 5.80–19.5
Seasonal swing summer↔winter22.3 °C
Max temp (day)15.0 °C 8.60–27.4
Min temp (night)8.00 °C 3.60–15.8
Precipitation62.6 mm/mo 20.1–85.9
Air humidity60.8 % 53.6–64.9
Moisture balance-15.3 mm/mo -121–37.4
Vapour deficit572 Pa 312–1,015
Wind speed4.00 m/s 2.60–5.90
Cloud cover40.3 % 33.8–52.3
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 55 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 Foundation11 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility4 127 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI64 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics10 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
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