Occurrence record: MEL 2578810A

Preserved specimen of Paecilomyces hawkesii Z.M. Xiao, T.B. Li & Q.T. Chen recorded on 2025-10-29

API

Dataset

Data partner	Australia's Virtual Herbarium
Data resource	National Herbarium of Victoria (MEL) AVH data
Institution code	Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria Supplied institution code "MEL"
Collection	National Herbarium of Victoria Supplied collection code "MEL"
Catalog number	MEL 2578810A
Occurrence ID	ffde0a6e-6a6a-42c9-9b4e-404d9cd4d857
Record type	Preserved specimen Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations	Packet
Collector	Saunders, M.L.
Record number	82
Associated Occurrence Status	Asserted duplicates
Associated occurrences	The occurrence is associated with a representative record. For more information see Inferred associated occurrence details
License	CC-BY 4.0 (Int) Supplied as https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode
Rights holder	Royal Botanic Gardens Board
Institution ID	https://scientific-collections.gbif.org/institution/70fbf720-63a3-4e3c-b844-ee96091880e0
Type	PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence	PRESENT Supplied as present
Field notes	Stromata simple, emerging from soil with fertile head and part of stipe visible. Upon removal from soil, stipe c. 115 mm in length, 8 mm in diameter, terete, then flattening out for at least another 40 mm, presumably approaching attachment to host, which was not located. Fertile part oblong, flattened, with longitudinal groove, distinct from stipe, beige. Perithecia immersed, darker brown.
Collection	https://scientific-collections.gbif.org/collection/7777d910-553a-45ac-b0e5-635261c1e992
Associated records	ASSOCIATED
Occurrence remarks	Presumably lepidopteran host; however, host unable to be located due to plant roots.
Identification ID	b5c7e0e4-c922-41ce-af8d-9eac1c6c9d1c

Event

Event ID	8f94710b-765d-4a29-8faa-7325c7eb57a5
Occurrence date	2025-10-29 Supplied as year:2025 month:10 day:29
End day of year	302
Date precision	DAY
Start day of year	302

Taxonomy

Higher classification	Eukarya \| Fungi \| Dikarya \| Ascomycota \| Ascomycetes \| Sordariomycetidae \| Hypocreales \| Cordycipitaceae \| Cordyceps
Scientific name	Paecilomyces hawkesii Supplied scientific name "Cordyceps hawkesii"
Identified to rank	species
Kingdom	Fungi
Phylum	Ascomycota
Class	Eurotiomycetes Supplied as "Ascomycetes"
Order	Eurotiales Supplied as "Hypocreales"
Family	Trichocomaceae Supplied as "Cordycipitaceae"
Genus	Paecilomyces Supplied as "Cordyceps"
Species	Paecilomyces hawkesii
Name match metric	exactMatch
Scientific name authorship	Z.M. Xiao, T.B. Li & Q.T. Chen Supplied as (G.R.Gray) Cooke
Name parse type	SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code	ICN

Geospatial

Country	Australia
State or Territory	New South Wales
Locality	Border Ranges National Park, approximately 150 m along Brindle Creek Track from Brindle Creek Picnic Area, on right side of track.
Habitat	Supplied as "Cool temperate rainforest dominated by Nothofagus moorei with Araucaria cunninghamii and other trees, and subtropical elements such as Archontophoenix cunninghamiana, Linospadix monostachyos, and Calamus australis."
Latitude	-28.37878 Supplied as: "-28.3787800000"
Longitude	153.06982 Supplied as: "153.0698200000"
Datum	EPSG:4326 Supplied datum: "epsg:4326"
Verbatim locality	Border Ranges National Park, approximately 150 m along Brindle Creek Track from Brindle Creek Picnic Area, on right side of track.
Field notes	Stromata simple, emerging from soil with fertile head and part of stipe visible. Upon removal from soil, stipe c. 115 mm in length, 8 mm in diameter, terete, then flattening out for at least another 40 mm, presumably approaching attachment to host, which was not located. Fertile part oblong, flattened, with longitudinal groove, distinct from stipe, beige. Perithecia immersed, darker brown.
Coordinate precision	Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres)	50.0
Georeference protocol	GPS
Terrestrial	true
Verbatim latitude	28.37878 S
Biome	TERRESTRIAL
Continent	Oceania
Marine	false
Country Code	AU
Verbatim longitude	153.06982 E
Verbatim SRS	epsg:4326
Location ID	d02e3c42-8810-4bbd-8b6b-1e24262d62dc

Additional properties

material entity id	ffde0a6e-6a6a-42c9-9b4e-404d9cd4d857

User flagged issues

Data quality tests

Test name	Result
CONTINENT_COORDINATE_MISMATCH	Warning
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Ambiguous collection	Passed
Ambiguous institution	Passed
Basis of record badly formed	Passed
Collection match fuzzy	Passed
Collection not matched	Passed
Continent country mismatch	Passed
Continent derived from coordinates	Passed
CONTINENT_DERIVED_FROM_COUNTRY	Passed
Continent invalid	Passed
Coordinates centre of country	Passed
Supplied coordinates centre of state	Passed
Coordinate invalid	Passed
Coordinates are out of range for species	Passed
Coordinates converted to WGS84	Passed
Decimal latitude/longitude conversion failed	Passed
Coordinate reprojection suspicious	Passed
Coordinate rounded	Passed
Coordinate uncertainty meters invalid	Passed
Coordinates dont match supplied country	Passed
Country inferred from coordinates	Passed
Country invalid	Passed
Country mismatch	Passed
Different owner institution	Passed
First of the century	Passed
First of the month	Passed
First of the year	Passed
Geodetic datum assumed WGS84	Passed
Unrecognized geodetic datum	Passed
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Identification date before occurrence date	Passed
Institution and Collection mismatch	Passed
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Institution not matched	Passed
Interpretation error	Passed
Invalid scientific name	Passed
Location not supplied	Passed
Missing collection date	Passed
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Missing taxon rank	Passed
Modified date invalid	Passed
Modified date unlikely	Passed
Multimedia date invalid	Passed
Multimedia uri invalid	Passed
Name not supplied	Passed
Occurrence status inferred from basis of record	Passed
Occurrence status inferred from individual count	Passed
Occurrence status unparsable	Passed
Latitude is negated	Passed
Longitude is negated	Passed
Presumed swapped coordinate	Passed
Recorded date invalid	Passed
Recorded date mismatch	Passed
Recorded date unlikely	Passed
SCIENTIFIC_NAME_AND_ID_INCONSISTENT	Passed
Sensitivity report invalid	Passed
Sensitivity report not loadable	Passed
Coordinates dont match supplied state	Passed
Taxon affinity species	Passed
TAXON_CONCEPT_ID_NOT_FOUND	Passed
Taxon confer species	Passed
Taxon default match	Passed
Taxon error	Passed
Taxon excluded	Passed
Taxon excluded associated	Passed
Taxon homonym	Passed
Taxon indeterminate species	Passed
Taxon match aggregate	Passed
Taxon match fuzzy	Passed
Taxon match higher rank	Passed
TAXON_MATCH_NAME_AND_ID_AMBIGUOUS	Passed
Taxon match none	Passed
TAXON_MATCH_TAXON_CONCEPT_ID_IGNORED	Passed
Taxon misapplied	Passed
Taxon misapplied matched	Passed
Taxon parent child synonym	Passed
Taxon question species	Passed
Resource taxonomic scope mismatch	Passed
Taxon species plural	Passed
Coordinate precision and uncertainty transposed	Passed
Uncertainty not specified	Passed
Supplied country not recognised	Passed
Kingdom not recognised	Passed
Unrecognized collection code	Passed
Unrecognized institution code	Passed
Supplied coordinates are zero	Passed
Biosecurity issue	Passed
Suspected outlier	Passed
Geospatial issue	Passed
Habitat incorrect for species	Passed
Taxon misidentified	Passed
Taxonomic issue	Passed
Temporal issue	Passed
Other issue	Passed
Duplicate record	Passed
Show/Hide 4 missing properties
Missing georeferenced by	Missing
Missing georeference sources	Missing
Missing georeference verification status	Missing
Missing georeference date	Missing
Show/Hide 24 tests that have not been run
Coordinate precision invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)
Footprint SRS invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)
Footprint WKT mismatch	Unchecked (lack of data)
Footprint WKT invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)
TAXON_MATCH_SCIENTIFIC_NAME_ID_IGNORED	Unchecked (lack of data)
TAXON_MATCH_TAXON_ID_IGNORED	Unchecked (lack of data)
SCIENTIFIC_NAME_ID_NOT_FOUND	Unchecked (lack of data)
TAXON_ID_NOT_FOUND	Unchecked (lack of data)
Depth value supplied in feet	Unchecked (lack of data)
Depth unlikely	Unchecked (lack of data)
Min and max depth reversed	Unchecked (lack of data)
Depth value non-numeric	Unchecked (lack of data)
Elevation unlikely	Unchecked (lack of data)
Min and max altitude reversed	Unchecked (lack of data)
Altitude value supplied in feet	Unchecked (lack of data)
Altitude value non-numeric	Unchecked (lack of data)
Identified date unlikely	Unchecked (lack of data)
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References uri invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)
Individual count invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)
Individual count conflicts with occurrence status	Unchecked (lack of data)
Georeferenced date unlikely	Unchecked (lack of data)
Georeferenced date invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)

Inferred associated occurrence details

This record is associated with the representative record. This mean another record has been detected to be similar to this record, and that the other record (the representative record) has the most detailed information for the occurrence. More information about the duplication detection methods and terminology in use is available here:

https://github.com/AtlasOfLivingAustralia/ala-dataquality/wiki/INFERRED_DUPLICATE_RECORD

Representative Record
Record UUID	3b77bb9f-3b2f-464c-9745-7c6b9f27f8d0
Data Resource
Raw Scientific Name	Cordyceps hawkesii
Coordinates	-28.37878,153.06982
Related records
Record UUID	4badf290-3b0c-4d83-ba00-877ff5778c88
Data Resource	National Herbarium of Victoria (MEL) AVH data
Raw Scientific Name	Cordyceps hawkesii
Coordinates	-28.37878,153.06982

Additional political boundaries information

Area Management
CAPAD 2016 Terrestrial	Border Ranges
CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial	Border Ranges
CAPAD 2022 - Terrestrial (Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database)	Border Ranges
GER Border Ranges	GER Border Ranges
GER National Corridor	GER National Corridor
Great Eastern Ranges Initiative	GER Great Eastern Ranges Initiative
IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions)	South Eastern Queensland
IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon)	Scenic Rim
NRM Regions 2010	Northern Rivers
NRM Regions 2017	North Coast
Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023	North Coast
Area management
National Landcare Program Management Units 2018	North Coast
Biodiversity
IBRA 6 Regions	South Eastern Queensland
IBRA 7 Regions	South Eastern Queensland
IBRA 7 Subregions	Scenic Rim
Hydrology
Australian Drainage Divisions 2021	South East Coast (NSW)
Drainage Divisions Level 1	South East Coast (NSW)
Drainage Divisions Level 2	RICHMOND RIVER
Indigenous
Indigenous Areas 2021	Kyogle
Indigenous Land Use Agreements	Githabul People ILUA
Indigenous Locations 2021	Kyogle
Indigenous Regions 2021	NSW Central and North Coast
RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024	New South Wales
Marine
States including coastal waters	New South Wales (including Coastal Waters)
Political
ASGS Australian States and Territories	New South Wales
Australian States and Territories	New South Wales
Commonwealth Electoral Divisions 2021	Page
Electorates March 2025	Page
Indigenous Land Use Agreements	Githabul People ILUA
Local Government Areas 2011	Kyogle (A)
Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated	Kyogle
Local Government Areas PSMA 2018	KYOGLE COUNCIL
NSW Local Land Services Regions	North Coast
National Native Title Register (NNTR, Determinations of Native Title) - boundaries and core attributes	The Githabul People
PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016)	5
PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016)	376
PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016)	REST OF NSW
PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016)	KYOGLE
PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016)	RICHMOND VALLEY - HINTERLAND
PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016)	RICHMOND - TWEED
PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018)	PAGE
PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016)	KYOGLE
PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016)	KYOGLE
PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016)	NSW CENTRAL AND NORTH COAST
PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016)	Inner Regional Australia
PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018)	LISMORE
PSMA States (2016)	NEW SOUTH WALES
State Electoral Divisions 2022	Lismore
World Country Boundaries	Australia
Social
Australia 2021	Australia
Destination Zones 2021	Kyogle
Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021	Rest of NSW
Local Government Areas 2023	Kyogle
Postal Areas 2021	2474
Remoteness Areas 2021	Inner Regional Australia
States and Territories 2021	New South Wales
Statistical Areas Level 1	11202124724
Statistical Areas Level 2	Kyogle
Statistical Areas Level 3	Richmond Valley - Hinterland
Statistical Areas Level 4	Richmond - Tweed
Tourism Regions 2021	North Coast NSW
Vegetation
Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0	Indigenous co-managed, Native forest
Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0	Rainforest
Forests of Australia 2018B	Rainforest
NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups	Rainforests and Vine Thickets
NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups	Warm Temperate Rainforest
Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0	Nature Conservation Reserve
Vegetation types - native	Rainforests and vine thickets
Vegetation types - present	Rainforest and vine thickets

Environmental sampling for this location

Biodiversity
Occurrence Density	20482.0 frequency
Species Richness	1777.0 frequency
Climate
Precipitation - annual (Bio12)	1850.0 mm
Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19)	251.0 mm
Precipitation - driest period (Bio14)	10.0 mm
Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17)	184.0 mm
Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15)	49.0 mm
Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18)	721.0 mm
Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13)	74.0 mm
Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16)	749.0 mm
Radiation - annual mean (Bio20)	16.6 MJ/m2/day
Radiation - seasonality (Bio23)	25.0
Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26)	19.9 MJ/m2/day
Temperature - annual mean (Bio01)	16.0 degrees C
Temperature - annual range (Bio07)	19.2 degrees C
Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06)	6.0 degrees C
Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11)	11.3 degrees C
Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02)	9.4 degrees C
Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09)	12.6 degrees C
Temperature - isothermality (Bio03)	0.49 %
Temperature - seasonality (Bio04)	1.2
Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05)	25.2 degrees C
Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10)	20.1 degrees C
Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08)	19.7 degrees C
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual	1655.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter	225.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month	51.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter	187.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality	43.937984 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter	611.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month	227.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter	646.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean	15.037499 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range	18.2 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min	5.7 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean	10.0 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean	8.008333 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean	10.683333 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality	44.00183 %
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality	383.30573
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max	23.9 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean	19.416666 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean	19.316666 °C
WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality	50.0 %
Substrate
Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28)	0.97
Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32)	1.0
Elevation	781.0 m

Group	Field Name	Original Value	Processed Value


Classification	Scientific name	Cordyceps hawkesii	Paecilomyces hawkesii
	Match type		exactMatch
	Phylum id		https://id.biodiversity.org.au/name/fungi/60013078
	Family id		https://id.biodiversity.org.au/name/fungi/60013380
	Taxon concept ID		NZOR-6-21137
	Order	Hypocreales	Eurotiales
	Taxon rank id		7000
	Species id		NZOR-6-21137
	Genus	Cordyceps	Paecilomyces
	Left		388078
	Higher classification	Eukarya \| Fungi \| Dikarya \| Ascomycota \| Ascomycetes \| Sordariomycetidae \| Hypocreales \| Cordycipitaceae \| Cordyceps
	Scientific name authorship	(G.R.Gray) Cooke	Z.M. Xiao, T.B. Li & Q.T. Chen
	Taxon rank	species	species
	Genus id		https://id.biodiversity.org.au/name/fungi/60014113
	Name type		SCIENTIFIC
	Nomenclatural code	ICN
	Order id		https://id.biodiversity.org.au/name/fungi/60013183
	Right		388078
	Kingdom	Fungi	Fungi
	Specific epithet	hawkesii
	Class id		https://id.biodiversity.org.au/name/fungi/60013106
	Phylum		Ascomycota
	Class	Ascomycetes	Eurotiomycetes
	Species		Paecilomyces hawkesii
	Family	Cordycipitaceae	Trichocomaceae
	Kingdom id		https://id.biodiversity.org.au/name/fungi/60013074
Event	Event ID	8f94710b-765d-4a29-8faa-7325c7eb57a5
	Year	2025	2025
	End day of year		302
	Month	10	10
	Date precision		DAY
	Start day of year	302	302
	Day	29	29
	Event date	2025-10-29	2025-10-29
Identification	Identification ID	b5c7e0e4-c922-41ce-af8d-9eac1c6c9d1c
Occurrence	Associated occurrences		3b77bb9f-3b2f-464c-9745-7c6b9f27f8d0
	Rights holder		Royal Botanic Gardens Board
	Institution ID	https://scientific-collections.gbif.org/institution/70fbf720-63a3-4e3c-b844-ee96091880e0
	Duplication status		D
	Type		PhysicalObject
	Catalog number	MEL 2578810A
	Occurrence status	present	PRESENT
	Basis of record	PreservedSpecimen	PRESERVED_SPECIMEN
	Field notes	Stromata simple, emerging from soil with fertile head and part of stipe visible. Upon removal from soil, stipe c. 115 mm in length, 8 mm in diameter, terete, then flattening out for at least another 40 mm, presumably approaching attachment to host, which was not located. Fertile part oblong, flattened, with longitudinal groove, distinct from stipe, beige. Perithecia immersed, darker brown.
	Modified	2025-12-16 01:53:54	2025-12-16T01:53:54
	Record number	82
	Collection code	MEL
	Occurrence ID	ffde0a6e-6a6a-42c9-9b4e-404d9cd4d857
	Collection ID	https://scientific-collections.gbif.org/collection/7777d910-553a-45ac-b0e5-635261c1e992
	Preparations	Packet
	Duplicate status		ASSOCIATED
	Institution code	MEL
	Recorded by	Saunders, M.L.
	Occurrence remarks	Presumably lepidopteran host; however, host unable to be located due to plant roots.
Attribution	Data resource		National Herbarium of Victoria (MEL) AVH data
	Collection		National Herbarium of Victoria
	License	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode	CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
	Data provider uid		dp36
	Provenance		Published dataset
	Data Resource ID	dr376	dr376
	Institution ID		in21
	Data partner		Australia's Virtual Herbarium
	Institution		Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria
	Data hub uid	[dh2, dh9]
	Collection ID		co55
Location	Country	Australia	Australia
	Habitat	Cool temperate rainforest dominated by Nothofagus moorei with Araucaria cunninghamii and other trees, and subtropical elements such as Archontophoenix cunninghamiana, Linospadix monostachyos, and Calamus australis.
	Decimal latitude	-28.3787800000	-28.37878
	Terrestrial	true	true
	Locality	Border Ranges National Park, approximately 150 m along Brindle Creek Track from Brindle Creek Picnic Area, on right side of track.	Border Ranges National Park, approximately 150 m along Brindle Creek Track from Brindle Creek Picnic Area, on right side of track.
	Decimal longitude	153.0698200000	153.06982
	State province	New South Wales	New South Wales
	Verbatim locality	Border Ranges National Park, approximately 150 m along Brindle Creek Track from Brindle Creek Picnic Area, on right side of track.
	Verbatim latitude	28.37878 S
	Biome		TERRESTRIAL
	Continent	Oceania
	Coordinate uncertainty in meters	50.0	50.0
	Lga	Kyogle (A)
	Marine	false	false
	Country code	AU	AU
	Verbatim longitude	153.06982 E
	Georeference protocol	GPS
	Verbatim SRS	epsg:4326
	Geodetic datum	epsg:4326	EPSG:4326
	Location ID	d02e3c42-8810-4bbd-8b6b-1e24262d62dc

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