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Bitter fluff-wart

Lepra amara

2,956Records since 2000
MayPeak month
66Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan169
Feb219
Mar269
Apr290
May336
Jun271
Jul238
Aug200
Sep241
Oct228
Nov197
Dec103

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland398
2Devon England236
3Argyll and Bute Scotland205
4Cornwall England119
5Gloucestershire England113
6Somerset England107
7Herefordshire, County of England106
8Kent England85
9Powys Wales77
10Perth and Kinross Scotland76
11Worcestershire England74
12Dorset England70
13Gwynedd Wales62
14Carmarthenshire Wales59
15Scottish Borders Scotland49
1,697 England917 Scotland273 Wales58 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 66 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,956
Peak month
May
Counties with records
66
Scientific name
Lepra amara
Group
Lichens
NBN Atlas records since 2000
320
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Lecanoromycetes
Order
Pertusariales
Family
Pertusariaceae
Genus
Lepra
Name with authority
Lepra amara (Ach.) Hafellner
Contributing datasets
29

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q41040534 · GBIF 10789004