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Rim lichen

Lecanora expallens

5,376Records since 2000
JunePeak month
98Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan270
Feb365
Mar455
Apr506
May561
Jun572
Jul545
Aug519
Sep442
Oct421
Nov258
Dec188

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland370
2Devon England250
3Suffolk England224
4Lincolnshire England204
5East Lothian Scotland204
6Gloucestershire England187
7Cornwall England169
8Kent England153
9Cambridgeshire England151
10Herefordshire, County of England150
11Norfolk England130
12Worcestershire England120
13Somerset England101
14Perth and Kinross Scotland93
15Argyll and Bute Scotland92
3,811 England1,137 Scotland308 Wales105 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 98 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
5,376
Peak month
June
Counties with records
98
Scientific name
Lecanora expallens
Group
Lichens
NBN Atlas records since 2000
369
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Lecanoromycetes
Order
Lecanorales
Family
Lecanoraceae
Genus
Lecanora
Name with authority
Lecanora expallens Ach.
Contributing datasets
30

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q10586868 · GBIF 2606848