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Membraneous felt lichen

Peltigera membranacea

2,536Records since 2000
MayPeak month
72Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan115
Feb190
Mar273
Apr279
May315
Jun249
Jul274
Aug198
Sep172
Oct160
Nov146
Dec83

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland582
2Argyll and Bute Scotland419
3Devon England129
4Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland104
5North Yorkshire England71
6Cornwall England67
7Cumbria England62
8Perth and Kinross Scotland62
9Gwynedd Wales57
10Somerset England55
11Shetland Islands —55
12Moray Scotland52
13Powys Wales34
14Carmarthenshire Wales29
15Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland25
706 England1,577 Scotland176 Wales59 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 72 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,536
Peak month
May
Counties with records
72
Scientific name
Peltigera membranacea
Group
Lichens
NBN Atlas records since 2000
625
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Lecanoromycetes
Order
Peltigerales
Family
Peltigeraceae
Genus
Peltigera
Name with authority
Peltigera membranacea (Ach.) Nyl.
Contributing datasets
33

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q3481248 · GBIF 2601169