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Jelly Lichen

Enchylium tenax

1,155Records since 2000
NovemberPeak month
71Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan64
Feb84
Mar86
Apr91
May110
Jun88
Jul116
Aug80
Sep112
Oct118
Nov123
Dec41

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Devon England88
2Cornwall England70
3Dorset England64
4Somerset England49
5Gloucestershire England48
6Kent England40
7Suffolk England35
8Pembrokeshire Wales35
9Highland Scotland31
10Argyll and Bute Scotland29
11Worcestershire England25
12Cambridgeshire England20
13Herefordshire, County of England19
14Lincolnshire England17
15East Lothian Scotland14
866 England149 Scotland106 Wales25 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 71 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,155
Peak month
November
Counties with records
71
Scientific name
Enchylium tenax
Group
Lichens
NBN Atlas records since 2000
71
Most recorded in
Devon, Cornwall, Dorset
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Lecanoromycetes
Order
Peltigerales
Family
Collemataceae
Genus
Enchylium
Name with authority
Enchylium tenax (Sw.) Gray
Contributing datasets
25

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q21251345 · GBIF 5478056