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Rock-loving Map Lichen

Rhizocarpon petraeum

465Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
54Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan20
Feb27
Mar23
Apr69
May42
Jun38
Jul60
Aug49
Sep50
Oct24
Nov17
Dec9

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland44
2North Yorkshire England35
3Perth and Kinross Scotland29
4Powys Wales27
5Cumbria England25
6Worcestershire England20
7Argyll and Bute Scotland17
8Carmarthenshire Wales15
9East Lothian Scotland13
10Ceredigion Wales12
11Cornwall England11
12Aberdeenshire Scotland10
13Gloucestershire England9
14Gwynedd Wales9
15Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland9
203 England154 Scotland72 Wales30 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 54 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
465
Peak month
April
Counties with records
54
Scientific name
Rhizocarpon petraeum
Group
Lichens
NBN Atlas records since 2000
70
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Lecanoromycetes
Order
Rhizocarpales
Family
Rhizocarpaceae
Genus
Rhizocarpon
Name with authority
Rhizocarpon petraeum (Wulfen) A.Massal.
Contributing datasets
21

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q10652838 · GBIF 2600458