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Grayish Button Lichen

Diplotomma alboatrum

2,173Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
67Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan100
Feb144
Mar152
Apr194
May195
Jun254
Jul238
Aug270
Sep229
Oct181
Nov101
Dec46

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Lincolnshire England179
2Gloucestershire England121
3Norfolk England103
4Cambridgeshire England90
5Cornwall England84
6Dorset England81
7Herefordshire, County of England79
8Worcestershire England78
9Kent England68
10Devon England64
11Somerset England62
12Suffolk England57
13East Lothian Scotland56
14Bedford England33
15Powys Wales31
1,779 England243 Scotland114 Wales30 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 67 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,173
Peak month
August
Counties with records
67
Scientific name
Diplotomma alboatrum
Group
Lichens
NBN Atlas records since 2000
133
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Lecanoromycetes
Order
Caliciales
Family
Caliciaceae
Genus
Diplotomma
Name with authority
Diplotomma alboatrum (Hoffm.) Flot.
Contributing datasets
23

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q10716393 · GBIF 5261470