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Dark Crottle

Hypogymnia physodes

6,587Records since 2000
MayPeak month
107Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan350
Feb505
Mar601
Apr610
May705
Jun648
Jul590
Aug525
Sep527
Oct523
Nov421
Dec248

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland911
2Devon England327
3Argyll and Bute Scotland324
4Cornwall England190
5Perth and Kinross Scotland183
6Kent England180
7Gloucestershire England170
8Dorset England138
9East Lothian Scotland131
10Worcestershire England124
11Somerset England122
12Herefordshire, County of England101
13Cumbria England100
14Aberdeenshire Scotland98
15Powys Wales97
3,750 England2,326 Scotland401 Wales90 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 107 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
6,587
Peak month
May
Counties with records
107
Scientific name
Hypogymnia physodes
Group
Lichens
NBN Atlas records since 2000
665
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Lecanoromycetes
Order
Lecanorales
Family
Parmeliaceae
Genus
Hypogymnia
Name with authority
Hypogymnia physodes (L.) Nyl.
Contributing datasets
39

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q881824 · GBIF 7247635