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Limestone Lobed Firedot

Variospora flavescens

3,949Records since 2000
JunePeak month
81Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan163
Feb299
Mar327
Apr359
May336
Jun450
Jul405
Aug389
Sep349
Oct388
Nov254
Dec105

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Lincolnshire England338
2Gloucestershire England315
3Dorset England160
4Norfolk England145
5Somerset England130
6Cornwall England129
7Kent England121
8Devon England120
9Cambridgeshire England119
10Herefordshire, County of England114
11Worcestershire England108
12North Yorkshire England89
13Suffolk England60
14Pembrokeshire Wales45
15Bristol, City of England42
3,554 England116 Scotland225 Wales51 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 81 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
3,949
Peak month
June
Counties with records
81
Scientific name
Variospora flavescens
Group
Lichens
NBN Atlas records since 2000
253
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Lecanoromycetes
Order
Teloschistales
Family
Teloschistaceae
Genus
Variospora
Name with authority
Variospora flavescens (Huds.) Arup, Frödén & Søchting
Contributing datasets
23

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q25386390 · GBIF 8104050