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Candleflame Lichen

Candelaria concolor

662Records since 2000
MarchPeak month
58Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan34
Feb83
Mar88
Apr77
May50
Jun45
Jul46
Aug41
Sep39
Oct57
Nov49
Dec31

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Devon England61
2Somerset England47
3Dorset England46
4Gloucestershire England27
5Tameside England27
6Stockport England26
7Sefton England23
8Cornwall England18
9Cambridgeshire England16
10Kent England16
11Carmarthenshire Wales11
12Norfolk England10
13Suffolk England9
14Bedford England7
15Cumbria England5
613 England6 Scotland25 Wales10 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 58 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
662
Peak month
March
Counties with records
58
Scientific name
Candelaria concolor
Group
Lichens
Most recorded in
Devon
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Candelariomycetes
Order
Candelariales
Family
Candelariaceae
Genus
Candelaria
Name with authority
Candelaria concolor (Dicks.) Arnold
Contributing datasets
20

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1663978 · GBIF 8732724