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Hidden Goldspeck Lichen

Candelariella aurella

3,160Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
96Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan155
Feb251
Mar250
Apr277
May314
Jun350
Jul336
Aug356
Sep304
Oct234
Nov141
Dec83

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Lincolnshire England210
2Cambridgeshire England103
3Suffolk England86
4Kent England80
5Worcestershire England71
6Herefordshire, County of England62
7Stockport England62
8Gloucestershire England61
9Bedford England37
10Norfolk England36
11Tameside England36
12Somerset England35
13East Lothian Scotland31
14Dorset England27
15Cornwall England27
2,261 England198 Scotland111 Wales45 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 96 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
3,160
Peak month
August
Counties with records
96
Scientific name
Candelariella aurella
Group
Lichens
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Candelariomycetes
Order
Candelariales
Family
Candelariaceae
Genus
Candelariella
Name with authority
Candelariella aurella (Hoffm.) Zahlbr.
Contributing datasets
23

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 11074143