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Reindeer Lichen

Cladonia portentosa

4,213Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
77Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan112
Feb155
Mar228
Apr252
May497
Jun480
Jul486
Aug651
Sep474
Oct278
Nov220
Dec126

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland772
2Argyll and Bute Scotland255
3Moray Scotland238
4Powys Wales228
5Perth and Kinross Scotland188
6Aberdeenshire Scotland170
7Ceredigion Wales159
8North Yorkshire England119
9Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland117
10Cumbria England100
11Cornwall England94
12Carmarthenshire Wales77
13Devon England70
14Gwynedd Wales69
15East Ayrshire Scotland66
1,287 England2,205 Scotland649 Wales34 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 77 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
4,213
Peak month
August
Counties with records
77
Scientific name
Cladonia portentosa
Also known as
subgenus lichen
Group
Lichens
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,720
Conservation designations
Habitats Directive, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Lecanoromycetes
Order
Lecanorales
Family
Cladoniaceae
Genus
Cladonia
Name with authority
Cladonia portentosa (Dufour) Coem.
Contributing datasets
45

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1278746 · GBIF 3390030