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Scaly Dog-lichen

Peltigera praetextata

1,668Records since 2000
MayPeak month
47Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan112
Feb168
Mar170
Apr165
May239
Jun125
Jul95
Aug75
Sep123
Oct114
Nov121
Dec73

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland360
2Argyll and Bute Scotland242
3Devon England155
4Somerset England91
5Gwynedd Wales78
6Perth and Kinross Scotland72
7Cornwall England55
8Carmarthenshire Wales52
9Cumbria England45
10Powys Wales40
11Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland34
12Pembrokeshire Wales29
13Dumfries and Galloway Scotland29
14Gloucestershire England28
15Moray Scotland25
555 England842 Scotland219 Wales43 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 47 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,668
Peak month
May
Counties with records
47
Scientific name
Peltigera praetextata
Group
Lichens
NBN Atlas records since 2000
310
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Lecanoromycetes
Order
Peltigerales
Family
Peltigeraceae
Genus
Peltigera
Name with authority
Peltigera praetextata (Flörke ex Sommerf.) Zopf
Contributing datasets
26

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1748574 · GBIF 2601162