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Brown-head Stubble Lichen

Chaenotheca brunneola

488Records since 2000
MayPeak month
31Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan32
Feb57
Mar47
Apr47
May59
Jun35
Jul28
Aug10
Sep39
Oct51
Nov38
Dec21

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland159
2Devon England37
3Perth and Kinross Scotland34
4Somerset England29
5Powys Wales27
6Gwynedd Wales22
7Argyll and Bute Scotland20
8Carmarthenshire Wales15
9Aberdeenshire Scotland10
10Cornwall England8
11Herefordshire, County of England8
12Dorset England7
13Scottish Borders Scotland5
14Gloucestershire England4
15Surrey England3
169 England241 Scotland65 Wales4 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 31 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
488
Peak month
May
Counties with records
31
Scientific name
Chaenotheca brunneola
Group
Lichens
NBN Atlas records since 2000
83
Most recorded in
Highland
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Coniocybomycetes
Order
Coniocybales
Family
Coniocybaceae
Genus
Chaenotheca
Name with authority
Chaenotheca brunneola (Ach.) Müll.Arg.
Contributing datasets
15

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q10713601 · GBIF 5261506