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Common Coal Dust Lichen

Acarospora privigna

1,069Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
60Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan29
Feb43
Mar82
Apr115
May100
Jun120
Jul118
Aug92
Sep150
Oct83
Nov60
Dec21

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Herefordshire, County of England66
2Cornwall England64
3Worcestershire England60
4Gloucestershire England57
5Kent England39
6Devon England35
7Somerset England35
8Cambridgeshire England32
9Dorset England31
10Powys Wales23
11Norfolk England21
12Perth and Kinross Scotland18
13East Lothian Scotland17
14Oxfordshire England15
15Highland Scotland15
849 England108 Scotland79 Wales23 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 60 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,069
Peak month
September
Counties with records
60
Scientific name
Acarospora privigna
Group
Lichens
NBN Atlas records since 2000
83
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Lecanoromycetes
Order
Acarosporales
Family
Acarosporaceae
Genus
Acarospora
Name with authority
Acarospora privigna (Ach.) A.Schneid.
Contributing datasets
22

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q107464007 · GBIF 3413825