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Shiny Camouflage Lichen

Melanelixia fuliginosa

4,831Records since 2000
MayPeak month
88Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan218
Feb318
Mar431
Apr461
May583
Jun496
Jul481
Aug414
Sep434
Oct394
Nov271
Dec127

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland400
2Devon England264
3Cornwall England221
4Gloucestershire England181
5Kent England162
6Herefordshire, County of England147
7Argyll and Bute Scotland139
8Gwynedd Wales136
9Powys Wales118
10Dorset England110
11Lincolnshire England105
12Perth and Kinross Scotland96
13Carmarthenshire Wales91
14Somerset England85
15East Lothian Scotland82
3,253 England1,065 Scotland477 Wales33 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 88 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
4,831
Peak month
May
Counties with records
88
Scientific name
Melanelixia fuliginosa
Group
Lichens
NBN Atlas records since 2000
157
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Lecanoromycetes
Order
Lecanorales
Family
Parmeliaceae
Genus
Melanelixia
Name with authority
Melanelixia fuliginosa (Fr. ex Duby) O.Blanco, A.Crespo, Divakar, Essl., D.Hawksw. & Lumbsch
Contributing datasets
23

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q10580289 · GBIF 6607856