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Disc lichen

Buellia ocellata

1,386Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
49Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan44
Feb78
Mar129
Apr135
May138
Jun162
Jul168
Aug100
Sep177
Oct117
Nov70
Dec23

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Kent England82
2Cornwall England80
3Gloucestershire England74
4Herefordshire, County of England65
5Cambridgeshire England63
6Dorset England58
7Devon England57
8Norfolk England50
9Worcestershire England50
10Somerset England38
11Suffolk England24
12Bedford England22
13Powys Wales20
14Oxfordshire England19
15Ceredigion Wales18
1,245 England46 Scotland92 Wales3 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 49 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,386
Peak month
September
Counties with records
49
Scientific name
Buellia ocellata
Group
Lichens
NBN Atlas records since 2000
53
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Lecanoromycetes
Order
Caliciales
Family
Caliciaceae
Genus
Buellia
Name with authority
Buellia ocellata (Flörke ex Flot.) Körb.
Contributing datasets
12

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q10437362 · GBIF 2609489