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Abraded Camouflage Lichen

Melanelixia subaurifera

5,486Records since 2000
MayPeak month
104Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan283
Feb452
Mar523
Apr529
May544
Jun509
Jul462
Aug460
Sep442
Oct466
Nov349
Dec231

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland358
2Devon England288
3Gloucestershire England274
4East Lothian Scotland209
5Kent England193
6Cornwall England179
7Suffolk England167
8Stockport England133
9Cambridgeshire England126
10Somerset England117
11Perth and Kinross Scotland111
12Argyll and Bute Scotland106
13Lincolnshire England104
14Herefordshire, County of England100
15Dorset England97
3,882 England1,238 Scotland257 Wales83 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 104 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
5,486
Peak month
May
Counties with records
104
Scientific name
Melanelixia subaurifera
Group
Lichens
NBN Atlas records since 2000
346
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Lecanoromycetes
Order
Lecanorales
Family
Parmeliaceae
Genus
Melanelixia
Name with authority
Melanelixia subaurifera (Nyl.) O.Blanco, A.Crespo, Divakar, Essl., D.Hawksw. & Lumbsch
Contributing datasets
30

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q10510706 · GBIF 2605685