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Dot lichen

Micarea denigrata

775Records since 2000
MayPeak month
63Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan41
Feb66
Mar67
Apr83
May102
Jun90
Jul61
Aug40
Sep57
Oct46
Nov37
Dec32

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Suffolk England65
2Kent England35
3Cambridgeshire England34
4Highland Scotland33
5Cornwall England31
6Herefordshire, County of England23
7Worcestershire England19
8East Lothian Scotland17
9Devon England15
10Gloucestershire England15
11Scottish Borders Scotland14
12Somerset England10
13Perth and Kinross Scotland10
14Dorset England8
15Argyll and Bute Scotland8
622 England122 Scotland28 Wales1 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 63 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
775
Peak month
May
Counties with records
63
Scientific name
Micarea denigrata
Group
Lichens
Most recorded in
Suffolk
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Lecanoromycetes
Order
Lecanorales
Family
Byssolomataceae
Genus
Micarea
Name with authority
Micarea denigrata (Fr.) Hedl.
Contributing datasets
16

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q10684390 · GBIF 2607412