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Calcareous rimmed lichen

Circinaria calcarea

2,373Records since 2000
JunePeak month
67Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan92
Feb183
Mar206
Apr214
May193
Jun264
Jul244
Aug231
Sep250
Oct236
Nov136
Dec46

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Gloucestershire England254
2Dorset England137
3Lincolnshire England114
4Somerset England111
5Kent England93
6Devon England60
7Herefordshire, County of England57
8Norfolk England56
9Worcestershire England54
10North Yorkshire England51
11Cumbria England43
12Cambridgeshire England40
13Cornwall England39
14Pembrokeshire Wales39
15Bristol, City of England33
2,149 England36 Scotland142 Wales44 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
2,373
Peak month
June
Counties with records
67
Scientific name
Circinaria calcarea
Group
Lichens
NBN Atlas records since 2000
127
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Lecanoromycetes
Order
Pertusariales
Family
Megasporaceae
Genus
Circinaria
Name with authority
Circinaria calcarea (L.) A.Nordin, Savić & Tibell
Contributing datasets
19

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q22108688 · GBIF 8934912