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Mealy Firedot Lichen

Flavoplaca citrina

1,068Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
65Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan40
Feb85
Mar76
Apr69
May88
Jun110
Jul109
Aug122
Sep130
Oct78
Nov55
Dec17

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England76
2Kent England39
3Cambridgeshire England38
4Norfolk England38
5Devon England31
6Lincolnshire England27
7Orkney Islands Scotland27
8Highland Scotland25
9Cornwall England23
10Gloucestershire England22
11Bedford England22
12East Lothian Scotland21
13Ards and North Down Northern Ireland20
14Powys Wales19
15Somerset England17
746 England162 Scotland79 Wales74 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 65 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,068
Peak month
September
Counties with records
65
Scientific name
Flavoplaca citrina
Group
Lichens
Most recorded in
Worcestershire
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Lecanoromycetes
Order
Teloschistales
Family
Teloschistaceae
Genus
Flavoplaca
Name with authority
Flavoplaca citrina (Hoffm.) Arup, Frödén & Søchting
Contributing datasets
25

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q25707159 · GBIF 8480632