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Orange Pixie-hair Lichen

Coenogonium luteum

1,636Records since 2000
MayPeak month
48Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan74
Feb187
Mar145
Apr164
May211
Jun107
Jul89
Aug88
Sep151
Oct97
Nov122
Dec68

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Gwynedd Wales302
2Devon England243
3Argyll and Bute Scotland208
4Highland Scotland152
5Cornwall England128
6Somerset England95
7Pembrokeshire Wales81
8Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland45
9Carmarthenshire Wales40
10Dorset England32
11Ceredigion Wales29
12Stockport England28
13Powys Wales22
14Tameside England21
15Dumfries and Galloway Scotland8
656 England424 Scotland479 Wales63 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 48 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,636
Peak month
May
Counties with records
48
Scientific name
Coenogonium luteum
Group
Lichens
NBN Atlas records since 2000
372
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Lecanoromycetes
Order
Ostropales
Family
Coenogoniaceae
Genus
Coenogonium
Name with authority
Coenogonium luteum (Dicks.) Kalb & Lücking
Contributing datasets
24

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q42819428 · GBIF 5261103