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Common Boulder Lichen

Porpidia macrocarpa

1,342Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
57Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan55
Feb76
Mar79
Apr151
May134
Jun117
Jul129
Aug132
Sep122
Oct96
Nov104
Dec49

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland146
2Cornwall England101
3Powys Wales100
4Ceredigion Wales79
5Devon England65
6Cumbria England60
7Worcestershire England50
8Argyll and Bute Scotland38
9Perth and Kinross Scotland35
10North Yorkshire England32
11Gwynedd Wales31
12Orkney Islands Scotland25
13Shetland Islands —23
14Herefordshire, County of England23
15Carmarthenshire Wales19
656 England382 Scotland253 Wales29 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 57 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,342
Peak month
April
Counties with records
57
Scientific name
Porpidia macrocarpa
Group
Lichens
NBN Atlas records since 2000
56
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Lecanoromycetes
Order
Lecideales
Family
Lecideaceae
Genus
Porpidia
Name with authority
Porpidia macrocarpa (DC.) Hertel & A.J.Schwab
Contributing datasets
28

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 11068273