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Blue-gray Rosette Lichen

Physcia caesia

3,454Records since 2000
JunePeak month
102Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan200
Feb300
Mar286
Apr314
May341
Jun393
Jul340
Aug354
Sep273
Oct253
Nov172
Dec115

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Lincolnshire England237
2Suffolk England123
3Kent England109
4Cambridgeshire England105
5Norfolk England92
6Gloucestershire England82
7Worcestershire England52
8Herefordshire, County of England51
9Highland Scotland49
10Stockport England47
11Dorset England45
12Cumbria England40
13Bedford England39
14East Lothian Scotland37
15North Yorkshire England32
2,502 England303 Scotland77 Wales28 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 102 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
3,454
Peak month
June
Counties with records
102
Scientific name
Physcia caesia
Group
Lichens
NBN Atlas records since 2000
159
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Lecanoromycetes
Order
Caliciales
Family
Physciaceae
Genus
Physcia
Name with authority
Physcia caesia (Hoffm.) Fürnr.
Contributing datasets
25

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1572772 · GBIF 2608920