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Dot lichen

Micarea lignaria

1,238Records since 2000
MayPeak month
56Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan47
Feb59
Mar73
Apr136
May154
Jun120
Jul120
Aug130
Sep102
Oct106
Nov84
Dec48

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland203
2Cumbria England72
3Cornwall England65
4Ceredigion Wales62
5Powys Wales59
6Perth and Kinross Scotland54
7Argyll and Bute Scotland46
8Devon England37
9Aberdeenshire Scotland29
10Gwynedd Wales27
11Stirling Scotland26
12North Yorkshire England20
13Orkney Islands Scotland17
14Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland15
15Worcestershire England14
565 England464 Scotland174 Wales18 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 56 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,238
Peak month
May
Counties with records
56
Scientific name
Micarea lignaria
Group
Lichens
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Lecanoromycetes
Order
Lecanorales
Family
Byssolomataceae
Genus
Micarea
Name with authority
Micarea lignaria (Ach.) Hedl.
Contributing datasets
24

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 11070308