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Branched Pixie-cup Lichen

Cladonia ramulosa

1,003Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
59Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan64
Feb96
Mar70
Apr61
May78
Jun52
Jul69
Aug79
Sep122
Oct94
Nov94
Dec88

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cornwall England65
2Highland Scotland62
3Devon England46
4Ceredigion Wales41
5Surrey England31
6North Yorkshire England31
7Suffolk England28
8Kent England24
9Dorset England23
10Worcestershire England21
11Powys Wales21
12Cumbria England19
13Gwynedd Wales17
14Herefordshire, County of England15
15Norfolk England13
686 England175 Scotland102 Wales3 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 59 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,003
Peak month
September
Counties with records
59
Scientific name
Cladonia ramulosa
Group
Lichens
NBN Atlas records since 2000
73
Most recorded in
Cornwall, Highland
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Lecanoromycetes
Order
Lecanorales
Family
Cladoniaceae
Genus
Cladonia
Name with authority
Cladonia ramulosa (With.) J.R.Laundon
Contributing datasets
34

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q3678939 · GBIF 2607557