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Common Dust Lichen

Lepraria incana

7,408Records since 2000
MayPeak month
109Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan405
Feb622
Mar677
Apr791
May792
Jun684
Jul601
Aug620
Sep575
Oct582
Nov415
Dec292

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Lincolnshire England342
2Stockport England337
3Devon England294
4Highland Scotland232
5Cornwall England231
6Tameside England230
7Gloucestershire England208
8Kent England204
9East Lothian Scotland182
10Worcestershire England172
11Cambridgeshire England168
12Suffolk England168
13Herefordshire, County of England168
14Dorset England158
15Norfolk England145
6,013 England976 Scotland299 Wales92 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 109 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
7,408
Peak month
May
Counties with records
109
Scientific name
Lepraria incana
Group
Lichens
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Lecanoromycetes
Order
Lecanorales
Family
Stereocaulaceae
Genus
Lepraria
Name with authority
Lepraria incana (L.) Ach.
Contributing datasets
35

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1820119 · GBIF 2608477