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Dark brown speck lichen

Verrucaria nigrescens

5,141Records since 2000
JunePeak month
98Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan203
Feb403
Mar417
Apr445
May489
Jun592
Jul575
Aug516
Sep470
Oct458
Nov267
Dec144

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Lincolnshire England370
2Gloucestershire England336
3Cambridgeshire England206
4Dorset England166
5Somerset England147
6Norfolk England140
7Worcestershire England129
8Kent England125
9Cornwall England123
10Herefordshire, County of England120
11Suffolk England101
12Devon England99
13East Lothian Scotland96
14North Yorkshire England63
15Cumbria England62
4,458 England385 Scotland205 Wales84 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 98 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
5,141
Peak month
June
Counties with records
98
Scientific name
Verrucaria nigrescens
Group
Fungi
NBN Atlas records since 2000
103
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Eurotiomycetes
Order
Verrucariales
Family
Verrucariaceae
Genus
Verrucaria
Name with authority
Verrucaria nigrescens Pers.
Contributing datasets
26

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 10955518