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Powdered Moon Lichen

Sticta limbata

1,644Records since 2000
MayPeak month
20Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan142
Feb176
Mar142
Apr104
May220
Jun96
Jul78
Aug63
Sep139
Oct111
Nov213
Dec65

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Argyll and Bute Scotland417
2Gwynedd Wales361
3Highland Scotland291
4Cornwall England150
5Devon England121
6Pembrokeshire Wales85
7Somerset England28
8Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland24
9Dumfries and Galloway Scotland21
10Perth and Kinross Scotland20
11Carmarthenshire Wales15
12Ceredigion Wales11
13Cumbria England8
14Stirling Scotland8
15Isles of Scilly England5
328 England804 Scotland479 Wales25 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 20 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,644
Peak month
May
Counties with records
20
Scientific name
Sticta limbata
Also known as
Floury Sticta
Group
Lichens
NBN Atlas records since 2000
406
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Lecanoromycetes
Order
Peltigerales
Family
Lobariaceae
Genus
Sticta
Name with authority
Sticta limbata (Sm.) Ach.
Contributing datasets
26

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q10509604 · GBIF 5260683