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Common Orange Lichen

Xanthoria parietina

16,366Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
125Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1,162
Feb1,608
Mar1,588
Apr1,933
May1,448
Jun1,244
Jul1,364
Aug1,416
Sep1,182
Oct1,119
Nov948
Dec945

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Gloucestershire England652
2Kent England545
3Highland Scotland511
4Sefton England497
5Norfolk England464
6Lincolnshire England422
7Stockport England376
8Devon England370
9Suffolk England369
10Cambridgeshire England318
11Cornwall England267
12Dorset England250
13East Lothian Scotland244
14Tameside England224
15Somerset England213
13,480 England2,049 Scotland578 Wales202 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 125 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
16,366
Peak month
April
Counties with records
125
Scientific name
Xanthoria parietina
Group
Lichens
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,888
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Lecanoromycetes
Order
Teloschistales
Family
Teloschistaceae
Genus
Xanthoria
Name with authority
Xanthoria parietina (L.) Th.Fr.
Contributing datasets
68

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 8197849