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Cowpie Lichen

Diploschistes muscorum

791Records since 2000
NovemberPeak month
32Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan51
Feb59
Mar59
Apr71
May69
Jun71
Jul79
Aug67
Sep66
Oct60
Nov90
Dec46

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Pembrokeshire Wales31
2Somerset England17
3North Yorkshire England13
4Kent England11
5Devon England11
6Cornwall England10
7Norfolk England8
8Suffolk England8
9Highland Scotland7
10Cambridgeshire England6
11Dorset England4
12Powys Wales4
13Ceredigion Wales4
14Moray Scotland4
15Worcestershire England3
178 England23 Scotland44 Wales1 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 32 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
791
Peak month
November
Counties with records
32
Scientific name
Diploschistes muscorum
Group
Lichens
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Lecanoromycetes
Order
Ostropales
Family
Graphidaceae
Genus
Diploschistes
Name with authority
Diploschistes muscorum (Scop.) R.Sant.
Contributing datasets
14

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q10589568 · GBIF 2602102