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Lecania lichen

Lecania cyrtella

1,379Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
80Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan78
Feb111
Mar144
Apr148
May135
Jun139
Jul139
Aug93
Sep94
Oct93
Nov81
Dec63

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Gloucestershire England102
2Cambridgeshire England88
3Suffolk England76
4Highland Scotland73
5Devon England72
6East Lothian Scotland61
7Cornwall England51
8Kent England44
9Somerset England38
10Dorset England36
11Perth and Kinross Scotland26
12Midlothian Scotland23
13Scottish Borders Scotland18
14Bedford England17
15Oxfordshire England16
1,028 England267 Scotland49 Wales18 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 80 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,379
Peak month
April
Counties with records
80
Scientific name
Lecania cyrtella
Also known as
a Lichen
Group
Lichens
NBN Atlas records since 2000
91
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Lecanoromycetes
Order
Lecanorales
Family
Ramalinaceae
Genus
Lecania
Name with authority
Lecania cyrtella (Ach.) Th.Fr.
Contributing datasets
26

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q10555477 · GBIF 6017621