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Asterisk Lichen

Arthonia radiata

4,083Records since 2000
MayPeak month
99Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan225
Feb330
Mar396
Apr433
May476
Jun359
Jul330
Aug293
Sep293
Oct313
Nov268
Dec191

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland357
2Devon England298
3Gloucestershire England203
4Cornwall England167
5East Lothian Scotland126
6Somerset England122
7Argyll and Bute Scotland118
8Cambridgeshire England104
9Dorset England102
10Kent England96
11Perth and Kinross Scotland73
12Stockport England70
13Powys Wales56
14Suffolk England52
15Cumbria England52
2,736 England977 Scotland225 Wales102 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 99 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
4,083
Peak month
May
Counties with records
99
Scientific name
Arthonia radiata
Group
Lichens
NBN Atlas records since 2000
400
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Arthoniomycetes
Order
Arthoniales
Family
Arthoniaceae
Genus
Arthonia
Name with authority
Arthonia radiata (Pers.) Ach.
Contributing datasets
34

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q10497183 · GBIF 2592659