Xanthocarpia feracissima

(H.Magn.) Frödén, Arup & Søchting · species

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Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Teloschistales/Teloschistaceae/Xanthocarpia

At a glance

Occurrence records789

Data sources4

Biological traits1

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources4 archives

Databases and archives Xanthocarpia feracissima's data was compiled from.

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility789 records↗

GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗

NCBIUS National Library of Medicinegenome & karyotype↗

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.

Traits & measurements1 literature sources1 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF789 records

Genome at a glanceGoaT · NCBI≈23 Mbp

02Traits & measurements

SourcesTRY

Habitat & environment1

Growth formlichen

05DNA & barcodingmolecular

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 Xanthocarpia feracissima has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

06Genome at a glanceGoaT · NCBI

The complete instruction manual Xanthocarpia feracissima 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≈23 205 678 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

THIS GENOME Xanthocarpia feracissima0.02 Gb

FUNGUS0.04 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 type789 records

Wild obs. + sensor457

Museum / vouchered332

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO2 628 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 accuracy83% within 1 km

≤100 m 265≤1 km 29≤10 km 14>10 km 45

353 georeferenced · 104 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor457

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 accuracy48% within 1 km

≤100 m 2≤1 km 28≤10 km 31>10 km 1

62 georeferenced · 270 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence332

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 institutions7 of 10 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Wuzhou, CN	253
Museum of the Rockieslocation not on record	37
Madison, US	29
Chicago, US	3
Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record	3
Chapel Hill, US	2
MeiseBGlocation not on record	2
Chicago, US	1
Lincoln, US	1
US	1

10 institutions · 332 of 332 vouchered records shown

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