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Ricasolia virens

1,854Records since 2000
MarchPeak month
18Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan194
Feb176
Mar201
Apr172
May188
Jun112
Jul135
Aug108
Sep114
Oct97
Nov149
Dec107

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Argyll and Bute Scotland790
2Highland Scotland444
3Gwynedd Wales114
4Devon England97
5Somerset England78
6Cornwall England74
7Cumbria England26
8Dorset England22
9Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland18
10Powys Wales17
11Pembrokeshire Wales16
12Stirling Scotland8
13Shetland Islands —7
14Isles of Scilly England4
15Perth and Kinross Scotland1
334 England1,366 Scotland149 Wales1 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 18 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,854
Peak month
March
Counties with records
18
Also known as
Green Satin lichen
Group
Lichens
NBN Atlas records since 2000
598
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Lecanoromycetes
Order
Peltigerales
Family
Lobariaceae
Genus
Ricasolia
Name with authority
Ricasolia virens (With.) H.H.Blom & Tønsberg
Contributing datasets
23

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q108326598 · GBIF 10742260