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Petaled rock tripe lichen

Umbilicaria polyphylla

494Records since 2000
MayPeak month
28Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan15
Feb17
Mar41
Apr57
May78
Jun64
Jul44
Aug57
Sep24
Oct29
Nov20
Dec12

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland170
2Perth and Kinross Scotland54
3Aberdeenshire Scotland35
4North Yorkshire England28
5Powys Wales16
6Devon England13
7Cumbria England13
8Worcestershire England11
9Carmarthenshire Wales11
10Stirling Scotland11
11Sheffield England9
12Moray Scotland9
13Argyll and Bute Scotland6
14Scottish Borders Scotland5
15Cornwall England3
139 England312 Scotland38 Wales2 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 28 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
494
Peak month
May
Counties with records
28
Scientific name
Umbilicaria polyphylla
Group
Lichens
Most recorded in
Highland, Perth and Kinross
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Lecanoromycetes
Order
Umbilicariales
Family
Umbilicariaceae
Genus
Umbilicaria
Name with authority
Umbilicaria polyphylla (L.) Baumg.
Contributing datasets
16

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q10505306 · GBIF 5260484