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Darkened Button Lichen

Buellia aethalea

2,926Records since 2000
JunePeak month
83Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan101
Feb203
Mar207
Apr265
May297
Jun334
Jul304
Aug306
Sep311
Oct262
Nov148
Dec76

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cornwall England167
2Lincolnshire England155
3Gloucestershire England97
4Highland Scotland96
5Devon England90
6Herefordshire, County of England88
7Worcestershire England87
8Kent England80
9Norfolk England79
10Cambridgeshire England76
11East Lothian Scotland62
12Somerset England56
13Gwynedd Wales54
14Cumbria England43
15Ceredigion Wales43
2,235 England415 Scotland206 Wales59 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 83 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,926
Peak month
June
Counties with records
83
Scientific name
Buellia aethalea
Group
Lichens
NBN Atlas records since 2000
184
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Lecanoromycetes
Order
Caliciales
Family
Caliciaceae
Genus
Buellia
Name with authority
Buellia aethalea (Ach.) Th.Fr.
Contributing datasets
23

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q10546350 · GBIF 2609547