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Pin-cushion Sunburst Lichen

Polycauliona polycarpa

3,554Records since 2000
JunePeak month
94Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan190
Feb254
Mar325
Apr331
May313
Jun410
Jul338
Aug312
Sep279
Oct296
Nov176
Dec135

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Suffolk England205
2Lincolnshire England186
3Kent England173
4Gloucestershire England148
5East Lothian Scotland145
6Cambridgeshire England127
7Herefordshire, County of England107
8Worcestershire England105
9Devon England59
10Dorset England56
11Midlothian Scotland56
12Highland Scotland50
13Perth and Kinross Scotland50
14Cornwall England44
15Bedford England44
2,958 England483 Scotland85 Wales22 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 94 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
3,554
Peak month
June
Counties with records
94
Scientific name
Polycauliona polycarpa
Group
Lichens
NBN Atlas records since 2000
199
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Lecanoromycetes
Order
Teloschistales
Family
Teloschistaceae
Genus
Polycauliona
Name with authority
Polycauliona polycarpa (Hoffm.) Frödén, Arup & Søchting
Contributing datasets
27

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q67199786 · GBIF 8190524