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Physconia distorta

780Records since 2000
MayPeak month
40Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan47
Feb71
Mar77
Apr69
May81
Jun66
Jul72
Aug60
Sep42
Oct41
Nov79
Dec40

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland283
2Devon England58
3Moray Scotland50
4Pembrokeshire Wales47
5Cornwall England45
6Perth and Kinross Scotland41
7Argyll and Bute Scotland30
8Dorset England20
9Aberdeenshire Scotland19
10East Lothian Scotland14
11Somerset England11
12Gloucestershire England10
13Scottish Borders Scotland9
14Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland8
15Angus Scotland7
224 England482 Scotland59 Wales11 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 40 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
780
Peak month
May
Counties with records
40
Group
Lichens
NBN Atlas records since 2000
170
Most recorded in
Highland, Devon, Moray
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Lecanoromycetes
Order
Caliciales
Family
Physciaceae
Genus
Physconia
Name with authority
Physconia distorta (With.) J.R.Laundon
Contributing datasets
21

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q309855 · GBIF 2609422