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Orange Dot Lichen

Protoblastenia rupestris

3,144Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
89Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan123
Feb174
Mar275
Apr294
May308
Jun334
Jul359
Aug319
Sep322
Oct257
Nov168
Dec76

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Gloucestershire England209
2Cornwall England128
3Somerset England112
4Dorset England100
5Lincolnshire England96
6Cambridgeshire England95
7Worcestershire England92
8Devon England90
9Kent England86
10Herefordshire, County of England74
11Norfolk England64
12Cumbria England57
13Highland Scotland54
14North Yorkshire England51
15Powys Wales50
2,578 England256 Scotland219 Wales79 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 89 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
3,144
Peak month
July
Counties with records
89
Scientific name
Protoblastenia rupestris
Group
Lichens
NBN Atlas records since 2000
201
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Lecanoromycetes
Order
Lecanorales
Family
Psoraceae
Genus
Protoblastenia
Name with authority
Protoblastenia rupestris (Scop.) J.Steiner
Contributing datasets
29

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q10510580 · GBIF 2608594