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Elf Ears lichen

Normandina pulchella

2,899Records since 2000
MarchPeak month
53Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan182
Feb276
Mar332
Apr292
May292
Jun210
Jul194
Aug171
Sep219
Oct208
Nov262
Dec139

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Argyll and Bute Scotland581
2Highland Scotland492
3Devon England342
4Cornwall England209
5Gwynedd Wales147
6Somerset England122
7Pembrokeshire Wales107
8Dorset England73
9Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland66
10Carmarthenshire Wales50
11Ceredigion Wales42
12Dumfries and Galloway Scotland40
13Cumbria England39
14Powys Wales37
15Perth and Kinross Scotland32
1,080 England1,288 Scotland397 Wales112 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 53 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,899
Peak month
March
Counties with records
53
Scientific name
Normandina pulchella
Group
Fungi
NBN Atlas records since 2000
625
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Eurotiomycetes
Order
Verrucariales
Family
Verrucariaceae
Genus
Normandina
Name with authority
Normandina pulchella (Borrer) Nyl.
Contributing datasets
33

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q10590784 · GBIF 2591021