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Fringed Rosette Lichen

Physcia tenella

7,846Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
116Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan448
Feb655
Mar745
Apr764
May752
Jun717
Jul691
Aug706
Sep610
Oct603
Nov488
Dec365

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Gloucestershire England467
2Devon England308
3Lincolnshire England295
4Highland Scotland268
5Kent England222
6Stockport England222
7Cornwall England198
8Dorset England197
9East Lothian Scotland197
10Suffolk England169
11Herefordshire, County of England164
12Worcestershire England156
13Norfolk England154
14Tameside England151
15Cambridgeshire England138
6,174 England1,183 Scotland335 Wales132 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 116 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
7,846
Peak month
April
Counties with records
116
Scientific name
Physcia tenella
Group
Lichens
NBN Atlas records since 2000
716
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Lecanoromycetes
Order
Caliciales
Family
Physciaceae
Genus
Physcia
Name with authority
Physcia tenella (Scop.) DC.
Contributing datasets
36

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2089378 · GBIF 2608944