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Fluffy Dust Lichen

Lepraria lobificans

3,067Records since 2000
MayPeak month
86Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan166
Feb238
Mar254
Apr303
May341
Jun267
Jul249
Aug211
Sep249
Oct239
Nov214
Dec135

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland322
2Devon England232
3Argyll and Bute Scotland180
4Cornwall England161
5Gloucestershire England114
6Perth and Kinross Scotland98
7East Lothian Scotland90
8Somerset England89
9Dorset England83
10Worcestershire England82
11Suffolk England64
12Gwynedd Wales63
13Herefordshire, County of England58
14Scottish Borders Scotland51
15Lincolnshire England46
1,746 England997 Scotland214 Wales93 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 86 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
3,067
Peak month
May
Counties with records
86
Scientific name
Lepraria lobificans
Group
Lichens
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Lecanoromycetes
Order
Lecanorales
Family
Stereocaulaceae
Genus
Lepraria
Name with authority
Lepraria lobificans Nyl.
Contributing datasets
32

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q10557770 · GBIF 3392646