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Needle lichen

Chaenotheca furfuracea

197Records since 2000
MarchPeak month
21Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan10
Feb20
Mar30
Apr27
May29
Jun10
Jul13
Aug14
Sep6
Oct6
Nov8
Dec13

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland77
2Somerset England22
3Perth and Kinross Scotland19
4Scottish Borders Scotland11
5East Lothian Scotland9
6Devon England7
7Moray Scotland6
8Aberdeenshire Scotland5
9Ceredigion Wales4
10Angus Scotland4
11Midlothian Scotland4
12Argyll and Bute Scotland3
13Powys Wales2
14Suffolk England1
15Gloucestershire England1
48 England142 Scotland6 Wales1 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 21 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
197
Peak month
March
Counties with records
21
Scientific name
Chaenotheca furfuracea
Group
Lichens
Most recorded in
Highland
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Coniocybomycetes
Order
Coniocybales
Family
Coniocybaceae
Genus
Chaenotheca
Name with authority
Chaenotheca furfuracea (L.) Tibell

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q5066575 · GBIF 5261526