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Crater Lichen

Diploschistes scruposus

860Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
52Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan34
Feb42
Mar62
Apr97
May96
Jun85
Jul85
Aug71
Sep75
Oct56
Nov57
Dec21

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland47
2Perth and Kinross Scotland46
3Herefordshire, County of England43
4Worcestershire England41
5Powys Wales37
6Norfolk England33
7Devon England33
8Cornwall England27
9Gwynedd Wales27
10Suffolk England25
11Kent England20
12Stirling Scotland20
13Cumbria England18
14Cambridgeshire England16
15Gloucestershire England15
568 England173 Scotland106 Wales7 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 52 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
860
Peak month
April
Counties with records
52
Scientific name
Diploschistes scruposus
Group
Lichens
NBN Atlas records since 2000
52
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Lecanoromycetes
Order
Ostropales
Family
Graphidaceae
Genus
Diploschistes
Name with authority
Diploschistes scruposus (Schreb.) Norman
Contributing datasets
18

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q10508983 · GBIF 2602118