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Porpidia lichen

Porpidia platycarpoides

246Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
29Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan5
Feb10
Mar18
Apr21
May21
Jun34
Jul40
Aug41
Sep19
Oct14
Nov11
Dec4

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland25
2Powys Wales24
3Devon England18
4Cornwall England17
5Shetland Islands —14
6Argyll and Bute Scotland13
7Ceredigion Wales10
8Orkney Islands Scotland10
9Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland8
10Gwynedd Wales6
11Carmarthenshire Wales6
12Scottish Borders Scotland4
13Somerset England3
14East Lothian Scotland3
15Isle of Wight England3
72 England118 Scotland50 Wales4 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 29 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
246
Peak month
August
Counties with records
29
Scientific name
Porpidia platycarpoides
Group
Lichens
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Lecanoromycetes
Order
Lecideales
Family
Lecideaceae
Genus
Porpidia
Name with authority
Porpidia platycarpoides (Bagl.) Hertel

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q10718164 · GBIF 2603467