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Common Goldspeck

Candelariella vitellina

5,133Records since 2000
JunePeak month
109Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan217
Feb379
Mar412
Apr484
May538
Jun573
Jul549
Aug522
Sep468
Oct412
Nov248
Dec140

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Lincolnshire England341
2Gloucestershire England211
3Cornwall England169
4Kent England162
5Cambridgeshire England152
6Suffolk England147
7Devon England146
8Norfolk England134
9Worcestershire England128
10Herefordshire, County of England113
11Highland Scotland100
12Dorset England99
13East Lothian Scotland96
14Somerset England79
15Powys Wales65
4,263 England590 Scotland210 Wales60 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
5,133
Peak month
June
Counties with records
109
Scientific name
Candelariella vitellina
Group
Lichens
NBN Atlas records since 2000
89
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Candelariomycetes
Order
Candelariales
Family
Candelariaceae
Genus
Candelariella
Name with authority
Candelariella vitellina (Hoffm.) Müll.Arg.
Contributing datasets
30

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q10725552 · GBIF 7086670