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Parasite cup lichen

Cladonia parasitica

430Records since 2000
MayPeak month
34Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan30
Feb32
Mar32
Apr30
May92
Jun21
Jul13
Aug13
Sep29
Oct46
Nov28
Dec30

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Herefordshire, County of England52
2Somerset England26
3Devon England24
4Gwynedd Wales23
5Carmarthenshire Wales23
6Powys Wales22
7Dorset England20
8Gloucestershire England16
9Midlothian Scotland12
10Suffolk England7
11East Lothian Scotland6
12Kent England4
13Surrey England4
14Highland Scotland4
15Cornwall England4
308 England41 Scotland70 Wales2 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 34 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
430
Peak month
May
Counties with records
34
Scientific name
Cladonia parasitica
Group
Lichens
NBN Atlas records since 2000
62
Most recorded in
Herefordshire, County of
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Lecanoromycetes
Order
Lecanorales
Family
Cladoniaceae
Genus
Cladonia
Name with authority
Cladonia parasitica (Hoffm.) Hoffm.

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q3678923 · GBIF 2607631