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Laddered Pixie-cup Lichen

Cladonia cervicornis

1,258Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
48Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan54
Feb64
Mar65
Apr96
May140
Jun103
Jul146
Aug126
Sep143
Oct108
Nov91
Dec56

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cornwall England101
2Highland Scotland87
3Ceredigion Wales72
4Argyll and Bute Scotland44
5Devon England43
6Perth and Kinross Scotland41
7Cumbria England33
8Powys Wales30
9North Yorkshire England25
10Kent England23
11Orkney Islands Scotland23
12Gwynedd Wales21
13Worcestershire England19
14Stirling Scotland18
15Dorset England17
721 England350 Scotland159 Wales8 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 48 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,258
Peak month
July
Counties with records
48
Scientific name
Cladonia cervicornis
Group
Lichens
NBN Atlas records since 2000
68
Most recorded in
Cornwall, Highland, Ceredigion
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Lecanoromycetes
Order
Lecanorales
Family
Cladoniaceae
Genus
Cladonia
Name with authority
Cladonia cervicornis (Ach.) Flot.
Contributing datasets
27

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 10955802