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Pebbled Pixie-cup

Cladonia pyxidata

2,374Records since 2000
MayPeak month
74Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan90
Feb131
Mar230
Apr192
May272
Jun201
Jul211
Aug204
Sep242
Oct183
Nov191
Dec89

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland380
2Devon England183
3Cornwall England149
4Argyll and Bute Scotland144
5Perth and Kinross Scotland88
6Somerset England67
7Cumbria England62
8Gwynedd Wales57
9Worcestershire England54
10Powys Wales52
11Dorset England51
12Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland51
13North Yorkshire England41
14Aberdeenshire Scotland36
15Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland31
1,171 England920 Scotland198 Wales70 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 74 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,374
Peak month
May
Counties with records
74
Scientific name
Cladonia pyxidata
Group
Lichens
NBN Atlas records since 2000
259
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Lecanoromycetes
Order
Lecanorales
Family
Cladoniaceae
Genus
Cladonia
Name with authority
Cladonia pyxidata (L.) Hoffm.
Contributing datasets
36

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q634650 · GBIF 2607695