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Blackthread lichen

Placynthium flabellosum

66Records since 2000
JunePeak month
6Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar3
Apr7
May4
Jun12
Jul9
Aug9
Sep4
Oct2
Nov2
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland36
2Perth and Kinross Scotland9
3Stirling Scotland7
4Argyll and Bute Scotland6
5Cumbria England4
6Aberdeenshire Scotland1
6 England59 Scotland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 6 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
66
Peak month
June
Counties with records
6
Scientific name
Placynthium flabellosum
Group
Lichens
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Rare and scarce species
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Lecanoromycetes
Order
Peltigerales
Family
Placynthiaceae
Genus
Placynthium
Name with authority
Placynthium flabellosum (Tuck.) Zahlbr.

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q10632597 · GBIF 2601092