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Gilded whiskers

Chaenotheca brachypoda

242Records since 2000
FebruaryPeak month
23Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan21
Feb49
Mar15
Apr14
May14
Jun17
Jul8
Aug14
Sep5
Oct23
Nov30
Dec25

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Suffolk England48
2Cambridgeshire England34
3Highland Scotland21
4Essex England12
5Oxfordshire England8
6Somerset England8
7Dorset England5
8Scottish Borders Scotland5
9Devon England4
10East Lothian Scotland4
11Gloucestershire England3
12Midlothian Scotland3
13Bedford England3
14Norfolk England2
15Worcestershire England2
203 England37 Scotland1 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 23 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
242
Peak month
February
Counties with records
23
Scientific name
Chaenotheca brachypoda
Group
Lichens
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Coniocybomycetes
Order
Coniocybales
Family
Coniocybaceae
Genus
Chaenotheca
Name with authority
Chaenotheca brachypoda (Ach.) Tibell

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q10510698 · GBIF 5261510