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Limestone Disc Lichen

Lecidella stigmatea

3,582Records since 2000
JunePeak month
99Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan158
Feb310
Mar287
Apr343
May339
Jun422
Jul397
Aug363
Sep318
Oct264
Nov147
Dec86

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Lincolnshire England273
2Gloucestershire England125
3Cambridgeshire England118
4Worcestershire England113
5Herefordshire, County of England113
6Kent England112
7Suffolk England82
8Cornwall England74
9Somerset England63
10Dorset England56
11Devon England55
12Powys Wales55
13East Lothian Scotland55
14Norfolk England53
15Highland Scotland53
3,058 England288 Scotland153 Wales69 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 99 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
3,582
Peak month
June
Counties with records
99
Scientific name
Lecidella stigmatea
Group
Lichens
NBN Atlas records since 2000
228
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Lecanoromycetes
Order
Lecanorales
Family
Lecanoraceae
Genus
Lecidella
Name with authority
Lecidella stigmatea (Ach.) Hertel & Leuckert
Contributing datasets
25

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q10556121 · GBIF 2607131