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Bloody Heart Lichen

Mycoblastus sanguinarius

864Records since 2000
MayPeak month
22Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan58
Feb60
Mar90
Apr88
May117
Jun89
Jul63
Aug35
Sep56
Oct62
Nov65
Dec20

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland475
2Argyll and Bute Scotland76
3Gwynedd Wales61
4Perth and Kinross Scotland50
5Stirling Scotland26
6Aberdeenshire Scotland24
7Devon England16
8Cumbria England16
9Powys Wales16
10Conwy Wales8
11Dumfries and Galloway Scotland6
12North Yorkshire England2
13Carmarthenshire Wales2
14Orkney Islands Scotland2
15Sheffield England2
96 England672 Scotland83 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 22 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
864
Peak month
May
Counties with records
22
Scientific name
Mycoblastus sanguinarius
Group
Lichens
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Lecanoromycetes
Order
Lecanorales
Family
Tephromelataceae
Genus
Mycoblastus
Name with authority
Mycoblastus sanguinarius (L.) Norman
Contributing datasets
21

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q10431443 · GBIF 2608604