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Carbuncular Rock-shield Lichen

Xanthoparmelia verruculifera

621Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
47Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan23
Feb38
Mar52
Apr77
May63
Jun65
Jul53
Aug52
Sep69
Oct75
Nov35
Dec4

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England58
2Suffolk England48
3Cornwall England37
4Kent England30
5Worcestershire England20
6Herefordshire, County of England20
7Cambridgeshire England19
8Dorset England19
9Lincolnshire England19
10Highland Scotland14
11Devon England14
12Oxfordshire England13
13East Lothian Scotland12
14Powys Wales11
15Gloucestershire England10
515 England73 Scotland27 Wales5 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 47 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
621
Peak month
April
Counties with records
47
Scientific name
Xanthoparmelia verruculifera
Group
Lichens
Most recorded in
Norfolk
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Lecanoromycetes
Order
Lecanorales
Family
Parmeliaceae
Genus
Xanthoparmelia
Name with authority
Xanthoparmelia verruculifera (Nyl.) O.Blanco, A.Crespo, Elix, D.Hawksw. & Lumbsch
Contributing datasets
11

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q10679885 · GBIF 2604668