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Hoary Rosette Lichen

Physcia aipolia

2,424Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
86Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan148
Feb221
Mar231
Apr253
May222
Jun196
Jul187
Aug155
Sep187
Oct178
Nov168
Dec124

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland280
2Devon England260
3Cornwall England161
4Argyll and Bute Scotland112
5Gloucestershire England103
6Somerset England75
7Perth and Kinross Scotland64
8Dorset England61
9Worcestershire England59
10Stockport England52
11Powys Wales50
12Carmarthenshire Wales47
13Pembrokeshire Wales46
14Gwynedd Wales39
15Herefordshire, County of England35
1,489 England661 Scotland216 Wales47 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 86 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,424
Peak month
April
Counties with records
86
Scientific name
Physcia aipolia
Group
Lichens
NBN Atlas records since 2000
312
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Lecanoromycetes
Order
Caliciales
Family
Physciaceae
Genus
Physcia
Name with authority
Physcia aipolia (Ehrh. ex Humb.) Fürnr.
Contributing datasets
31

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2089373 · GBIF 2608929