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Common clam lichen

Hypocenomyce scalaris

1,203Records since 2000
JunePeak month
55Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan55
Feb91
Mar85
Apr122
May127
Jun137
Jul134
Aug101
Sep84
Oct96
Nov50
Dec36

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland121
2Worcestershire England60
3Lincolnshire England44
4East Lothian Scotland42
5Perth and Kinross Scotland42
6Kent England37
7Herefordshire, County of England33
8Aberdeenshire Scotland29
9Gloucestershire England28
10Scottish Borders Scotland27
11Powys Wales25
12Cambridgeshire England21
13Midlothian Scotland20
14Suffolk England19
15Dorset England17
795 England335 Scotland61 Wales3 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 55 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,203
Peak month
June
Counties with records
55
Scientific name
Hypocenomyce scalaris
Group
Lichens
NBN Atlas records since 2000
84
Most recorded in
Highland, Worcestershire
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Lecanoromycetes
Order
Umbilicariales
Family
Ophioparmaceae
Genus
Hypocenomyce
Name with authority
Hypocenomyce scalaris (Ach.) M.Choisy
Contributing datasets
21

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q127230 · GBIF 3434172