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Boreal Button Lichen

Buellia disciformis

486Records since 2000
JunePeak month
18Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan26
Feb16
Mar42
Apr52
May57
Jun61
Jul57
Aug31
Sep49
Oct27
Nov24
Dec11

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland284
2Argyll and Bute Scotland37
3Devon England28
4Perth and Kinross Scotland22
5Cornwall England18
6Gwynedd Wales13
7East Lothian Scotland11
8Scottish Borders Scotland6
9Aberdeenshire Scotland5
10Stirling Scotland5
11Ceredigion Wales4
12Moray Scotland4
13Pembrokeshire Wales3
14Cumbria England2
15Midlothian Scotland2
54 England394 Scotland21 Wales2 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 18 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
486
Peak month
June
Counties with records
18
Scientific name
Buellia disciformis
Group
Lichens
Most recorded in
Highland
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Lecanoromycetes
Order
Caliciales
Family
Caliciaceae
Genus
Buellia
Name with authority
Buellia disciformis (Fr.) Mudd
Contributing datasets
20

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 11070806