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Dot lichen

Micarea melaena

162Records since 2000
JunePeak month
24Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan4
Feb4
Mar7
Apr17
May25
Jun26
Jul13
Aug12
Sep14
Oct13
Nov12
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland41
2Perth and Kinross Scotland12
3Midlothian Scotland8
4Argyll and Bute Scotland7
5Powys Wales7
6Aberdeenshire Scotland7
7Carmarthenshire Wales6
8Cornwall England5
9Nottinghamshire England5
10Stirling Scotland5
11Cumbria England4
12East Lothian Scotland4
13Gwynedd Wales3
14Somerset England2
15Gloucestershire England2
42 England100 Scotland17 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 24 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
162
Peak month
June
Counties with records
24
Scientific name
Micarea melaena
Group
Lichens
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Lecanoromycetes
Order
Lecanorales
Family
Byssolomataceae
Genus
Micarea
Name with authority
Micarea melaena (Nyl.) Hedl.

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q10682287 · GBIF 2607325