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Brook lichen

Dermatocarpon luridum

320Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
25Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan4
Feb6
Mar28
Apr18
May27
Jun17
Jul49
Aug95
Sep36
Oct11
Nov12
Dec6

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Gwynedd Wales69
2Highland Scotland41
3Aberdeenshire Scotland20
4Devon England18
5Powys Wales18
6Scottish Borders Scotland14
7Cumbria England11
8Pembrokeshire Wales11
9Perth and Kinross Scotland9
10Moray Scotland9
11Carmarthenshire Wales8
12Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland8
13Denbighshire Wales8
14Ceredigion Wales7
15Cornwall England6
64 England124 Scotland128 Wales3 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 25 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
320
Peak month
August
Counties with records
25
Scientific name
Dermatocarpon luridum
Group
Fungi
NBN Atlas records since 2000
128
Most recorded in
Gwynedd
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Eurotiomycetes
Order
Verrucariales
Family
Verrucariaceae
Genus
Dermatocarpon
Name with authority
Dermatocarpon luridum (Dill. ex With.) J.R.Laundon

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q10438416 · GBIF 5259672