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Micarea byssacea

1,193Records since 2000
MayPeak month
56Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan63
Feb109
Mar114
Apr106
May136
Jun101
Jul52
Aug71
Sep82
Oct108
Nov99
Dec80

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Devon England179
2Highland Scotland161
3Cornwall England99
4Argyll and Bute Scotland68
5Somerset England49
6Gwynedd Wales35
7Dorset England32
8Perth and Kinross Scotland29
9Suffolk England27
10East Lothian Scotland24
11Cumbria England19
12Scottish Borders Scotland19
13Dumfries and Galloway Scotland18
14Powys Wales17
15Gloucestershire England16
706 England393 Scotland93 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 56 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,193
Peak month
May
Counties with records
56
Group
Lichens
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Lecanoromycetes
Order
Lecanorales
Family
Byssolomataceae
Genus
Micarea
Name with authority
Micarea byssacea (Th.Fr.) Czarnota, Guzow-Krzem. & Coppins
Contributing datasets
8

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q21317172 · GBIF 7186965