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Blue Felt Lichen

Pectenia plumbea

631Records since 2000
MarchPeak month
12Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan63
Feb94
Mar107
Apr63
May59
Jun13
Jul42
Aug30
Sep25
Oct33
Nov58
Dec27

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland454
2Argyll and Bute Scotland65
3Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland20
4Cornwall England14
5Gwynedd Wales14
6Perth and Kinross Scotland12
7Moray Scotland12
8Devon England7
9Pembrokeshire Wales6
10Orkney Islands Scotland4
11Conwy Wales2
12Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland1
25 England579 Scotland22 Wales1 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 12 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
631
Peak month
March
Counties with records
12
Scientific name
Pectenia plumbea
Group
Lichens
Most recorded in
Highland, Argyll and Bute
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Lecanoromycetes
Order
Peltigerales
Family
Pannariaceae
Genus
Pectenia
Name with authority
Pectenia plumbea (Lightf.) P.M.Jørg., L.Lindblom, Wedin & S.Ekman
Contributing datasets
20

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q30130900 · GBIF 8073311