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Hammered Shield Lichen

Parmelia sulcata

10,481Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
119Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan730
Feb963
Mar1,041
Apr1,042
May1,016
Jun918
Jul830
Aug863
Sep720
Oct770
Nov640
Dec569

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland734
2Gloucestershire England435
3Argyll and Bute Scotland394
4Kent England366
5Devon England333
6East Lothian Scotland236
7Cornwall England208
8Dorset England207
9Suffolk England197
10Lincolnshire England190
11Stockport England182
12Norfolk England181
13Cambridgeshire England175
14Herefordshire, County of England175
15Somerset England169
7,386 England2,427 Scotland504 Wales142 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 119 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
10,481
Peak month
April
Counties with records
119
Scientific name
Parmelia sulcata
Group
Lichens
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,056
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Lecanoromycetes
Order
Lecanorales
Family
Parmeliaceae
Genus
Parmelia
Name with authority
Parmelia sulcata Taylor
Contributing datasets
40

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q135021 · GBIF 2605963