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Old-wood Lichen

Lecanactis abietina

1,626Records since 2000
MayPeak month
54Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan87
Feb143
Mar155
Apr157
May203
Jun138
Jul125
Aug59
Sep126
Oct138
Nov126
Dec85

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland249
2Devon England180
3Somerset England112
4Argyll and Bute Scotland80
5Gloucestershire England61
6Perth and Kinross Scotland50
7Herefordshire, County of England47
8Gwynedd Wales45
9Dorset England41
10Cornwall England33
11Scottish Borders Scotland30
12Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland27
13East Lothian Scotland24
14Worcestershire England20
15Powys Wales19
974 England502 Scotland83 Wales51 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 54 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,626
Peak month
May
Counties with records
54
Scientific name
Lecanactis abietina
Group
Lichens
NBN Atlas records since 2000
143
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Arthoniomycetes
Order
Arthoniales
Family
Roccellaceae
Genus
Lecanactis
Name with authority
Lecanactis abietina (Ehrh. ex Ach.) Körb.
Contributing datasets
24

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 7847785