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Elegant camouflage lichen

Melanohalea elegantula

289Records since 2000
FebruaryPeak month
37Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan23
Feb31
Mar29
Apr30
May25
Jun18
Jul23
Aug27
Sep24
Oct26
Nov13
Dec12

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Gloucestershire England36
2Kent England29
3East Lothian Scotland13
4Perth and Kinross Scotland11
5Devon England8
6Cambridgeshire England7
7Cumbria England7
8Worcestershire England6
9Oxfordshire England5
10Dorset England5
11Cornwall England4
12Essex England4
13Somerset England4
14Scottish Borders Scotland4
15Bedford England4
238 England38 Scotland7 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 37 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
289
Peak month
February
Counties with records
37
Scientific name
Melanohalea elegantula
Group
Lichens
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Lecanoromycetes
Order
Lecanorales
Family
Parmeliaceae
Genus
Melanohalea
Name with authority
Melanohalea elegantula (Zahlbr.) O.Blanco, A.Crespo, Divakar, Essl., D.Hawksw. & Lumbsch

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q10481209 · GBIF 2605323