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Polished Camouflage Lichen

Melanelixia glabratula

1,462Records since 2000
MayPeak month
75Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan78
Feb98
Mar116
Apr134
May201
Jun141
Jul105
Aug97
Sep119
Oct95
Nov87
Dec74

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland238
2Argyll and Bute Scotland114
3Worcestershire England86
4Devon England56
5Cumbria England54
6Dorset England53
7Perth and Kinross Scotland51
8Somerset England46
9Gloucestershire England42
10Gwynedd Wales31
11East Lothian Scotland31
12Ceredigion Wales29
13Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland22
14Norfolk England21
15Kent England21
671 England601 Scotland111 Wales63 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 75 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,462
Peak month
May
Counties with records
75
Scientific name
Melanelixia glabratula
Group
Lichens
NBN Atlas records since 2000
353
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Lecanoromycetes
Order
Lecanorales
Family
Parmeliaceae
Genus
Melanelixia
Name with authority
Melanelixia glabratula (Lamy ex Nyl.) Sandler & Arup
Contributing datasets
29

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 8041387