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Peppered Moon Lichen

Sticta fuliginosa

1,621Records since 2000
MayPeak month
20Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan122
Feb169
Mar173
Apr123
May200
Jun101
Jul93
Aug66
Sep121
Oct108
Nov189
Dec54

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Argyll and Bute Scotland475
2Highland Scotland281
3Gwynedd Wales280
4Devon England172
5Cornwall England112
6Pembrokeshire Wales90
7Somerset England42
8Dumfries and Galloway Scotland26
9Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland23
10Stirling Scotland12
11Cumbria England9
12Ceredigion Wales9
13Carmarthenshire Wales9
14Perth and Kinross Scotland5
15Conwy Wales3
340 England850 Scotland392 Wales25 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 20 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,621
Peak month
May
Counties with records
20
Scientific name
Sticta fuliginosa
Group
Lichens
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Lecanoromycetes
Order
Peltigerales
Family
Lobariaceae
Genus
Sticta
Name with authority
Sticta fuliginosa (With.) Ach.
Contributing datasets
24

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 8695592