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Olive Scribble Lichen

Opegrapha vulgata

1,611Records since 2000
MayPeak month
61Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan91
Feb144
Mar141
Apr152
May189
Jun139
Jul117
Aug115
Sep118
Oct125
Nov115
Dec84

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Devon England192
2Highland Scotland127
3Somerset England120
4Cornwall England112
5Argyll and Bute Scotland98
6Dorset England93
7Gwynedd Wales76
8Pembrokeshire Wales50
9Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland43
10Carmarthenshire Wales42
11Gloucestershire England33
12Perth and Kinross Scotland31
13East Lothian Scotland29
14Cumbria England24
15Ceredigion Wales24
907 England366 Scotland217 Wales89 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 61 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,611
Peak month
May
Counties with records
61
Scientific name
Opegrapha vulgata
Group
Lichens
NBN Atlas records since 2000
199
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Lecanoromycetes
Order
Ostropales
Family
Graphidaceae
Genus
Opegrapha
Name with authority
Opegrapha vulgata (Ach.) Ach.
Contributing datasets
26

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q10581198 · GBIF 5258398