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Pyrrhospora lichen

Pyrrhospora quernea

1,655Records since 2000
MayPeak month
61Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan93
Feb157
Mar153
Apr167
May182
Jun154
Jul121
Aug92
Sep126
Oct146
Nov99
Dec81

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Devon England162
2East Lothian Scotland93
3Somerset England92
4Dorset England86
5Cornwall England78
6Gloucestershire England58
7Highland Scotland55
8Argyll and Bute Scotland53
9Powys Wales46
10Norfolk England42
11Scottish Borders Scotland42
12Suffolk England39
13Kent England39
14Cumbria England35
15Gwynedd Wales35
1,117 England335 Scotland136 Wales54 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 61 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,655
Peak month
May
Counties with records
61
Scientific name
Pyrrhospora quernea
Group
Lichens
NBN Atlas records since 2000
167
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Lecanoromycetes
Order
Lecanorales
Family
Lecanoraceae
Genus
Pyrrhospora
Name with authority
Pyrrhospora quernea (Dicks.) Körb.
Contributing datasets
25

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 8262301