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Flat Fruited Pelt

Peltigera horizontalis

1,044Records since 2000
MayPeak month
33Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan81
Feb97
Mar104
Apr75
May156
Jun54
Jul40
Aug31
Sep71
Oct79
Nov81
Dec103

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Gwynedd Wales188
2Highland Scotland150
3Argyll and Bute Scotland148
4Somerset England124
5Devon England94
6Cumbria England57
7Carmarthenshire Wales29
8Perth and Kinross Scotland28
9Cornwall England27
10Powys Wales17
11Stirling Scotland17
12Scottish Borders Scotland14
13Pembrokeshire Wales10
14Dumfries and Galloway Scotland9
15Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland7
371 England406 Scotland252 Wales11 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 33 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,044
Peak month
May
Counties with records
33
Scientific name
Peltigera horizontalis
Group
Lichens
NBN Atlas records since 2000
266
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Lecanoromycetes
Order
Peltigerales
Family
Peltigeraceae
Genus
Peltigera
Name with authority
Peltigera horizontalis (Huds.) Baumg.
Contributing datasets
18

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q10671211 · GBIF 2601139