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Black-eye Lichen

Tephromela atra

3,474Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
76Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan118
Feb199
Mar237
Apr318
May367
Jun398
Jul414
Aug405
Sep405
Oct235
Nov156
Dec59

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland205
2Cornwall England149
3Lincolnshire England133
4Devon England108
5Norfolk England105
6Kent England105
7Gloucestershire England105
8Worcestershire England99
9Herefordshire, County of England99
10Dorset England81
11Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland78
12East Lothian Scotland75
13Argyll and Bute Scotland68
14Perth and Kinross Scotland67
15Powys Wales64
2,278 England877 Scotland223 Wales63 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 76 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
3,474
Peak month
July
Counties with records
76
Scientific name
Tephromela atra
Group
Lichens
NBN Atlas records since 2000
164
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Lecanoromycetes
Order
Lecanorales
Family
Tephromelataceae
Genus
Tephromela
Name with authority
Tephromela atra (Huds.) Hafellner
Contributing datasets
41

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q10684401 · GBIF 7247033