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Granite-speck Rim Lichen

Lecanora polytropa

4,349Records since 2000
JunePeak month
99Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan146
Feb239
Mar338
Apr444
May498
Jun532
Jul485
Aug507
Sep417
Oct314
Nov159
Dec88

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland274
2Lincolnshire England260
3Cornwall England137
4Gloucestershire England120
5Worcestershire England115
6Devon England107
7Herefordshire, County of England105
8Perth and Kinross Scotland91
9Powys Wales89
10Cambridgeshire England84
11East Lothian Scotland82
12Argyll and Bute Scotland71
13Kent England70
14Cumbria England67
15Gwynedd Wales67
3,062 England916 Scotland280 Wales83 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 99 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
4,349
Peak month
June
Counties with records
99
Scientific name
Lecanora polytropa
Group
Lichens
NBN Atlas records since 2000
294
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Lecanoromycetes
Order
Lecanorales
Family
Lecanoraceae
Genus
Lecanora
Name with authority
Lecanora polytropa (Hoffm.) Rabenh.
Contributing datasets
26

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q10431220 · GBIF 7248528