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Porpidia lichen

Porpidia contraponenda

75Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
13Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar4
Apr27
May9
Jun10
Jul3
Aug6
Sep9
Oct5
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Powys Wales31
2Highland Scotland11
3Gwynedd Wales5
4Stirling Scotland4
5Aberdeenshire Scotland3
6Perth and Kinross Scotland3
7Moray Scotland3
8Cumbria England2
9Ceredigion Wales2
10Dumfries and Galloway Scotland1
11Bath and North East Somerset England1
12Conwy Wales1
13Swansea Wales1
5 England24 Scotland41 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 13 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
75
Peak month
April
Counties with records
13
Scientific name
Porpidia contraponenda
Group
Lichens
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Rare and scarce species
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Lecanoromycetes
Order
Lecideales
Family
Lecideaceae
Genus
Porpidia
Name with authority
Porpidia contraponenda (Arnold) Knoph & Hertel

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q10637878 · GBIF 2603432