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Dust lichen

Chrysothrix candelaris

1,621Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
57Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan106
Feb134
Mar165
Apr195
May164
Jun127
Jul118
Aug75
Sep133
Oct141
Nov118
Dec66

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland310
2Devon England195
3Cornwall England100
4Somerset England88
5Dorset England55
6Perth and Kinross Scotland55
7Scottish Borders Scotland53
8East Lothian Scotland44
9Gloucestershire England39
10Powys Wales39
11Carmarthenshire Wales30
12Gwynedd Wales28
13Pembrokeshire Wales28
14Moray Scotland22
15Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland22
863 England561 Scotland132 Wales60 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 57 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,621
Peak month
April
Counties with records
57
Scientific name
Chrysothrix candelaris
Group
Lichens
NBN Atlas records since 2000
259
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Arthoniomycetes
Order
Arthoniales
Family
Chrysotrichaceae
Genus
Chrysothrix
Name with authority
Chrysothrix candelaris (L.) J.R.Laundon
Contributing datasets
26

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q5114965 · GBIF 5258337