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Brain Lichen

Diploicia canescens

3,724Records since 2000
JunePeak month
71Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan171
Feb336
Mar355
Apr342
May314
Jun381
Jul359
Aug362
Sep324
Oct305
Nov206
Dec159

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Lincolnshire England311
2Gloucestershire England237
3Cornwall England185
4Devon England185
5Kent England180
6Norfolk England173
7Dorset England172
8Cambridgeshire England147
9Suffolk England145
10Somerset England115
11Herefordshire, County of England96
12Worcestershire England74
13East Lothian Scotland63
14Isle of Wight England45
15Oxfordshire England39
3,358 England142 Scotland154 Wales41 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 71 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
3,724
Peak month
June
Counties with records
71
Scientific name
Diploicia canescens
Group
Lichens
NBN Atlas records since 2000
233
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Lecanoromycetes
Order
Caliciales
Family
Caliciaceae
Genus
Diploicia
Name with authority
Diploicia canescens (Dicks.) A.Massal.
Contributing datasets
34

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 10956142