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Lecidella lichen

Lecidella elaeochroma

6,871Records since 2000
MarchPeak month
113Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan430
Feb565
Mar717
Apr709
May708
Jun622
Jul544
Aug533
Sep521
Oct497
Nov448
Dec339

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland525
2Devon England408
3Gloucestershire England347
4Cornwall England255
5Argyll and Bute Scotland216
6Kent England207
7Dorset England182
8Somerset England166
9East Lothian Scotland142
10Stockport England141
11Sefton England131
12Suffolk England129
13Cambridgeshire England128
14Perth and Kinross Scotland100
15Tameside England99
4,857 England1,436 Scotland378 Wales160 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 113 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
6,871
Peak month
March
Counties with records
113
Scientific name
Lecidella elaeochroma
Group
Lichens
NBN Atlas records since 2000
368
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Lecanoromycetes
Order
Lecanorales
Family
Lecanoraceae
Genus
Lecidella
Name with authority
Lecidella elaeochroma (Ach.) M.Choisy
Contributing datasets
37

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 10990852