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Nitschke's dot lichen

Micarea nitschkeana

129Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
27Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan13
Feb7
Mar11
Apr15
May9
Jun14
Jul10
Aug6
Sep5
Oct14
Nov11
Dec11

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland23
2Suffolk England13
3East Lothian Scotland10
4Cornwall England9
5Aberdeenshire Scotland6
6Midlothian Scotland6
7Scottish Borders Scotland5
8Dorset England4
9Dumfries and Galloway Scotland4
10Oxfordshire England3
11Essex England3
12Cumbria England3
13Argyll and Bute Scotland3
14Perth and Kinross Scotland3
15Cambridgeshire England2
56 England69 Scotland1 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 27 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
129
Peak month
April
Counties with records
27
Scientific name
Micarea nitschkeana
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 nitschkeana (J.Lahm ex Rabenh.) Harm.

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q10583755 · GBIF 3402512