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Lichens

853 species

Dot lichen

Peak month
May
Records since 2000
1,238
Scientific name
Micarea lignaria

Rim lichen

Peak month
April
Records since 2000
1,237
Scientific name
Glaucomaria carpinea

Big salted-ruffle

Peak month
May
Records since 2000
1,214
Scientific name
Parmotrema crinitum

Common clam lichen

Peak month
June
Records since 2000
1,203
Scientific name
Hypocenomyce scalaris

Rim lichen

Peak month
May
Records since 2000
1,198
Scientific name
Lecanora confusa

Jelly Lichen

Peak month
November
Records since 2000
1,155
Scientific name
Enchylium tenax

Blackthread Lichen

Peak month
July
Records since 2000
1,151
Scientific name
Placynthium nigrum

Rim lichen

Peak month
May
Records since 2000
1,138
Scientific name
Lecanora gangaleoides

Tattered Jellyskin

Peak month
May
Records since 2000
1,130
Scientific name
Scytinium lichenoides

Blood whiskers

Peak month
May
Records since 2000
1,120
Scientific name
Chaenotheca ferruginea

Bloody Comma Lichen

Peak month
May
Records since 2000
1,118
Scientific name
Coniocarpon cinnabarinum

Sarcogyne lichen

Peak month
June
Records since 2000
1,095
Scientific name
Sarcogyne regularis

Reindeer Lichen

Peak month
September
Records since 2000
1,094
Scientific name
Cladonia arbuscula

Disc lichen

Peak month
May
Records since 2000
1,080
Scientific name
Buellia griseovirens

Dot lichen

Peak month
July
Records since 2000
1,072
Scientific name
Arthonia punctiformis

Flat Fruited Pelt

Peak month
May
Records since 2000
1,044
Scientific name
Peltigera horizontalis

Catillaria lichen

Peak month
September
Records since 2000
999
Scientific name
Catillaria lenticularis

Trapeliopsis lichen

Peak month
May
Records since 2000
970
Scientific name
Trapeliopsis pseudogranulosa