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Black-bordered Shingle Lichen

Parmeliella thriptophylla

1,498Records since 2000
MayPeak month
21Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan105
Feb138
Mar177
Apr135
May236
Jun99
Jul68
Aug42
Sep95
Oct102
Nov166
Dec48

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland600
2Gwynedd Wales402
3Argyll and Bute Scotland196
4Perth and Kinross Scotland48
5Devon England31
6Powys Wales28
7Somerset England20
8Stirling Scotland20
9Dumfries and Galloway Scotland19
10Cumbria England14
11Carmarthenshire Wales13
12Moray Scotland13
13Cornwall England12
14Pembrokeshire Wales10
15Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland8
79 England936 Scotland464 Wales9 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 21 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,498
Peak month
May
Counties with records
21
Scientific name
Parmeliella thriptophylla
Also known as
a Lichen
Group
Lichens
NBN Atlas records since 2000
411
Most recorded in
Highland, Gwynedd, Argyll and Bute
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Lecanoromycetes
Order
Peltigerales
Family
Pannariaceae
Genus
Parmeliella
Name with authority
Parmeliella thriptophylla (Ach.) Müll.Arg.
Contributing datasets
20

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 7843979