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Many-forked Cladonia

Cladonia furcata

2,510Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
78Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan109
Feb141
Mar165
Apr187
May255
Jun193
Jul262
Aug249
Sep287
Oct228
Nov218
Dec107

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland214
2Ceredigion Wales119
3Cumbria England103
4Argyll and Bute Scotland103
5North Yorkshire England96
6Cornwall England94
7Devon England93
8Powys Wales57
9Gwynedd Wales56
10Perth and Kinross Scotland55
11Suffolk England53
12Pembrokeshire Wales46
13Surrey England45
14Somerset England36
15Shetland Islands —34
1,414 England704 Scotland325 Wales11 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 78 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,510
Peak month
September
Counties with records
78
Scientific name
Cladonia furcata
Group
Lichens
NBN Atlas records since 2000
95
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Lecanoromycetes
Order
Lecanorales
Family
Cladoniaceae
Genus
Cladonia
Name with authority
Cladonia furcata (Huds.) Baumg.
Contributing datasets
33

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q112828 · GBIF 7246646