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Elegant orange wall lichen

Xanthoria elegans

344Records since 2000
JunePeak month
43Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan21
Feb30
Mar26
Apr43
May23
Jun48
Jul37
Aug39
Sep19
Oct25
Nov10
Dec11

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cambridgeshire England22
2Gloucestershire England19
3Suffolk England14
4Norfolk England11
5Highland Scotland11
6Aberdeenshire Scotland10
7Perth and Kinross Scotland10
8Somerset England9
9Herefordshire, County of England9
10Kent England8
11Worcestershire England8
12Bedford England8
13Lincolnshire England6
14Northamptonshire England6
15Oxfordshire England5
278 England48 Scotland9 Wales9 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 43 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
344
Peak month
June
Counties with records
43
Scientific name
Xanthoria elegans
Group
Lichens
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Lecanoromycetes
Order
Teloschistales
Family
Teloschistaceae
Genus
Xanthoria
Name with authority
Xanthoria elegans (Link) Th.Fr.

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q199127 · GBIF 2609967