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Rhizocarpon lecanorinum

159Records since 2000
MayPeak month
23Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb5
Mar4
Apr24
May26
Jun16
Jul6
Aug21
Sep16
Oct17
Nov14
Dec1

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland25
2Ceredigion Wales20
3Aberdeenshire Scotland14
4Perth and Kinross Scotland14
5Powys Wales9
6Devon England7
7Gwynedd Wales5
8Moray Scotland4
9Worcestershire England3
10Cumbria England3
11Argyll and Bute Scotland3
12Orkney Islands Scotland3
13Cornwall England2
14North Yorkshire England2
15Somerset England2
41 England78 Scotland39 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 23 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
159
Peak month
May
Counties with records
23
Scientific name
Rhizocarpon lecanorinum
Group
Lichens
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Lecanoromycetes
Order
Rhizocarpales
Family
Rhizocarpaceae
Genus
Rhizocarpon
Name with authority
Rhizocarpon lecanorinum Anders

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q10548456 · GBIF 2600406