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Chocolate chip lichen

Solorina saccata

177Records since 2000
MayPeak month
18Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan12
Feb6
Mar19
Apr20
May22
Jun18
Jul14
Aug15
Sep9
Oct19
Nov18
Dec2

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland45
2Aberdeenshire Scotland21
3North Yorkshire England7
4Cumbria England7
5Powys Wales6
6Perth and Kinross Scotland5
7Argyll and Bute Scotland2
8Herefordshire, County of England2
9Monmouthshire Wales2
10Angus Scotland2
11Somerset England1
12Gwynedd Wales1
13Carmarthenshire Wales1
14Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland1
15Stirling Scotland1
85 England75 Scotland12 Wales1 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 18 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
177
Peak month
May
Counties with records
18
Scientific name
Solorina saccata
Group
Lichens
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Lecanoromycetes
Order
Peltigerales
Family
Peltigeraceae
Genus
Solorina
Name with authority
Solorina saccata (L.) Ach.

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q842741 · GBIF 2601135