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Chocolate chip lichen

Solorina crocea

274Records since 2000
MayPeak month
4Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar5
Apr12
May120
Jun37
Jul39
Aug6
Sep9
Oct10
Nov1
Dec1

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland256
2Aberdeenshire Scotland11
3Perth and Kinross Scotland6
4Argyll and Bute Scotland1
274 Scotland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 4 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
274
Peak month
May
Counties with records
4
Scientific name
Solorina crocea
Group
Lichens
NBN Atlas records since 2000
181
Most recorded in
Highland
Conservation designations
Rare and scarce species, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Lecanoromycetes
Order
Peltigerales
Family
Peltigeraceae
Genus
Solorina
Name with authority
Solorina crocea (L.) Ach.

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1679102 · GBIF 2601134