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Brown-beret Lichen

Baeomyces rufus

1,850Records since 2000
MayPeak month
67Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan84
Feb138
Mar148
Apr162
May192
Jun159
Jul163
Aug164
Sep174
Oct150
Nov133
Dec67

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland295
2Devon England92
3Argyll and Bute Scotland88
4Cumbria England80
5Cornwall England73
6North Yorkshire England66
7Ceredigion Wales66
8Perth and Kinross Scotland64
9Powys Wales46
10Worcestershire England38
11Gwynedd Wales33
12Stirling Scotland28
13Aberdeenshire Scotland27
14Carmarthenshire Wales22
15Scottish Borders Scotland21
931 England680 Scotland193 Wales32 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 67 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,850
Peak month
May
Counties with records
67
Scientific name
Baeomyces rufus
Group
Lichens
NBN Atlas records since 2000
148
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Lecanoromycetes
Order
Baeomycetales
Family
Baeomycetaceae
Genus
Baeomyces
Name with authority
Baeomyces rufus (Huds.) Rebent.
Contributing datasets
30

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q900721 · GBIF 2599864