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Light Blue Blood Lichen

Mycoblastus caesius

939Records since 2000
MayPeak month
28Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan31
Feb43
Mar95
Apr100
May153
Jun78
Jul75
Aug35
Sep82
Oct80
Nov78
Dec54

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland261
2Argyll and Bute Scotland120
3Gwynedd Wales105
4Devon England73
5Somerset England70
6Cornwall England39
7Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland38
8Cumbria England27
9Powys Wales22
10Dumfries and Galloway Scotland18
11Stirling Scotland18
12Perth and Kinross Scotland11
13Orkney Islands Scotland7
14Carmarthenshire Wales5
15Ceredigion Wales4
280 England462 Scotland140 Wales47 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 28 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
939
Peak month
May
Counties with records
28
Scientific name
Mycoblastus caesius
Group
Lichens
NBN Atlas records since 2000
95
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Lecanoromycetes
Order
Lecanorales
Family
Tephromelataceae
Genus
Mycoblastus
Name with authority
Mycoblastus caesius (Coppins & P.James) Tønsberg
Contributing datasets
22

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 7882566