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Melaspilea lichen

Melaspilea amota

115Records since 2000
MayPeak month
8Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan3
Feb10
Mar2
Apr5
May16
Jun0
Jul0
Aug2
Sep10
Oct16
Nov14
Dec10

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Gwynedd Wales31
2Cornwall England12
3Devon England10
4Somerset England3
5Gloucestershire England2
6Carmarthenshire Wales2
7Highland Scotland1
8Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland1
79 England2 Scotland33 Wales1 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 8 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
115
Peak month
May
Counties with records
8
Scientific name
Melaspilea amota
Group
Fungi
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Rare and scarce species
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Dothideomycetes
Order
Eremithallales
Family
Melaspileaceae
Genus
Melaspilea
Name with authority
Melaspilea amota Nyl.

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q10580982 · GBIF 2592613