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Pink plates

Mesophyllum lichenoides

877Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
38Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan7
Feb10
Mar50
Apr65
May105
Jun149
Jul99
Aug53
Sep207
Oct90
Nov32
Dec4

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Devon England103
2Cornwall England54
3Isles of Scilly England49
4Dumfries and Galloway Scotland29
5Ards and North Down Northern Ireland29
6Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland19
7Dorset England18
8Swansea Wales17
9Plymouth England16
10Highland Scotland13
11Pembrokeshire Wales13
12East Lothian Scotland11
13Fife Scotland11
14Gwynedd Wales9
15Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland9
124 England8 Scotland12 Wales21 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 38 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
877
Peak month
September
Counties with records
38
Scientific name
Mesophyllum lichenoides
Group
Seaweeds and algae
NBN Atlas records since 2000
863
Most recorded in
Devon, Cornwall
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Rhodophyta
Class
Florideophyceae
Order
Corallinales
Family
Mesophyllumaceae
Genus
Mesophyllum
Name with authority
Mesophyllum lichenoides (J.Ellis) Me.Lemoine
Contributing datasets
25

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q10328944 · GBIF 5275960