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Mealy Shadow Lichen

Phaeophyscia orbicularis

4,650Records since 2000
JunePeak month
105Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan242
Feb428
Mar428
Apr449
May410
Jun518
Jul475
Aug445
Sep323
Oct352
Nov248
Dec160

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Lincolnshire England303
2Gloucestershire England280
3Suffolk England175
4Cambridgeshire England166
5Kent England162
6East Lothian Scotland141
7Devon England123
8Dorset England115
9Norfolk England114
10Highland Scotland99
11Somerset England88
12Worcestershire England80
13Herefordshire, County of England75
14Cornwall England62
15Perth and Kinross Scotland56
3,911 England572 Scotland123 Wales32 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 105 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
4,650
Peak month
June
Counties with records
105
Scientific name
Phaeophyscia orbicularis
Group
Lichens
NBN Atlas records since 2000
240
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Lecanoromycetes
Order
Caliciales
Family
Physciaceae
Genus
Phaeophyscia
Name with authority
Phaeophyscia orbicularis (Neck.) Moberg
Contributing datasets
30

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2084706 · GBIF 2609145