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Eastern Boreal Pixie-cup

Cladonia coccifera

486Records since 2000
JunePeak month
36Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan18
Feb13
Mar32
Apr43
May44
Jun60
Jul38
Aug50
Sep52
Oct48
Nov31
Dec15

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland81
2North Yorkshire England45
3Devon England29
4Powys Wales26
5Cumbria England17
6Aberdeenshire Scotland16
7Perth and Kinross Scotland14
8Cornwall England11
9Argyll and Bute Scotland10
10Stirling Scotland9
11Ceredigion Wales7
12Gwynedd Wales6
13Shetland Islands —4
14Moray Scotland4
15Somerset England3
267 England163 Scotland51 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 36 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
486
Peak month
June
Counties with records
36
Scientific name
Cladonia coccifera
Group
Lichens
Most recorded in
Highland
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Lecanoromycetes
Order
Lecanorales
Family
Cladoniaceae
Genus
Cladonia
Name with authority
Cladonia coccifera (L.) Willd.
Contributing datasets
24

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q113273 · GBIF 7246653