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Hispid needle lichen

Chaenotheca hispidula

120Records since 2000
FebruaryPeak month
21Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan7
Feb15
Mar11
Apr8
May12
Jun9
Jul7
Aug5
Sep9
Oct15
Nov5
Dec6

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Somerset England23
2Devon England12
3Dorset England8
4Highland Scotland6
5Essex England5
6Suffolk England4
7East Lothian Scotland4
8Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland4
9Worcestershire England3
10Scottish Borders Scotland3
11Moray Scotland3
12Oxfordshire England2
13Perth and Kinross Scotland2
14Ceredigion Wales2
15Midlothian Scotland2
88 England22 Scotland3 Wales5 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 21 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
120
Peak month
February
Counties with records
21
Scientific name
Chaenotheca hispidula
Group
Lichens
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Rare and scarce species
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Coniocybomycetes
Order
Coniocybales
Family
Coniocybaceae
Genus
Chaenotheca
Name with authority
Chaenotheca hispidula (Ach.) Zahlbr.

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q17394750 · GBIF 5261520