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Rockloving lecidea lichen

Lecidea lithophila

877Records since 2000
MayPeak month
45Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan17
Feb44
Mar42
Apr92
May115
Jun84
Jul94
Aug101
Sep102
Oct77
Nov43
Dec18

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland158
2Ceredigion Wales72
3Cumbria England56
4Perth and Kinross Scotland55
5Aberdeenshire Scotland26
6Powys Wales24
7Argyll and Bute Scotland19
8Gwynedd Wales18
9Stirling Scotland18
10North Yorkshire England15
11Worcestershire England14
12Scottish Borders Scotland12
13Orkney Islands Scotland12
14Cornwall England11
15Devon England11
374 England356 Scotland129 Wales17 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 45 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
877
Peak month
May
Counties with records
45
Scientific name
Lecidea lithophila
Group
Lichens
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Lecanoromycetes
Order
Lecideales
Family
Lecideaceae
Genus
Lecidea
Name with authority
Lecidea lithophila (Ach.) Ach.
Contributing datasets
15

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q10657220 · GBIF 2603395