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Gritty Tree Pelt Lichen

Peltigera collina

1,006Records since 2000
MarchPeak month
15Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan112
Feb133
Mar151
Apr100
May112
Jun88
Jul48
Aug30
Sep52
Oct44
Nov57
Dec37

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland562
2Argyll and Bute Scotland225
3Perth and Kinross Scotland40
4Devon England35
5Moray Scotland34
6Somerset England23
7Dumfries and Galloway Scotland14
8Gwynedd Wales13
9Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland11
10Cornwall England7
11Stirling Scotland3
12Cumbria England2
13Aberdeenshire Scotland2
14Carmarthenshire Wales1
15Angus Scotland1
72 England904 Scotland14 Wales11 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 15 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,006
Peak month
March
Counties with records
15
Scientific name
Peltigera collina
Also known as
a Dog-lichen
Group
Lichens
NBN Atlas records since 2000
360
Most recorded in
Highland, Argyll and Bute
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Lecanoromycetes
Order
Peltigerales
Family
Peltigeraceae
Genus
Peltigera
Name with authority
Peltigera collina (Ach.) Schrad.
Contributing datasets
18

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q10509590 · GBIF 2601174