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Lipstick Powderhorn

Cladonia macilenta

1,520Records since 2000
MayPeak month
63Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan68
Feb126
Mar142
Apr130
May161
Jun143
Jul104
Aug103
Sep140
Oct129
Nov93
Dec69

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Devon England131
2Highland Scotland101
3Cornwall England56
4North Yorkshire England48
5Carmarthenshire Wales44
6Gwynedd Wales37
7Perth and Kinross Scotland37
8Kent England34
9Argyll and Bute Scotland34
10Cumbria England31
11Worcestershire England29
12Powys Wales27
13Somerset England24
14Suffolk England21
15Scottish Borders Scotland21
1,047 England308 Scotland142 Wales6 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 63 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,520
Peak month
May
Counties with records
63
Scientific name
Cladonia macilenta
Group
Lichens
NBN Atlas records since 2000
78
Most recorded in
Devon, Highland, Cornwall
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Lecanoromycetes
Order
Lecanorales
Family
Cladoniaceae
Genus
Cladonia
Name with authority
Cladonia macilenta Hoffm.
Contributing datasets
29

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q3678901 · GBIF 7246716