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Mougeot's Rock-shield

Xanthoparmelia mougeotii

1,232Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
51Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan55
Feb91
Mar119
Apr131
May103
Jun125
Jul110
Aug98
Sep128
Oct118
Nov69
Dec28

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cornwall England69
2Devon England60
3Lincolnshire England55
4Herefordshire, County of England55
5Kent England51
6Norfolk England47
7Suffolk England46
8Worcestershire England43
9Cambridgeshire England42
10Dorset England40
11Highland Scotland34
12Powys Wales23
13Gloucestershire England21
14Moray Scotland19
15Perth and Kinross Scotland17
1,049 England113 Scotland59 Wales9 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 51 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,232
Peak month
April
Counties with records
51
Scientific name
Xanthoparmelia mougeotii
Group
Lichens
NBN Atlas records since 2000
68
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Lecanoromycetes
Order
Lecanorales
Family
Parmeliaceae
Genus
Xanthoparmelia
Name with authority
Xanthoparmelia mougeotii (Schaer. ex D.Dietr.) Hale
Contributing datasets
18

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q3737342 · GBIF 2604973