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Spike lichen

Calicium salicinum

186Records since 2000
JunePeak month
15Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan13
Feb17
Mar20
Apr9
May18
Jun23
Jul16
Aug8
Sep6
Oct16
Nov15
Dec14

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland89
2Devon England9
3Powys Wales9
4Perth and Kinross Scotland9
5Carmarthenshire Wales8
6Dorset England7
7Moray Scotland6
8Aberdeenshire Scotland4
9Scottish Borders Scotland3
10Herefordshire, County of England3
11Gloucestershire England2
12Kent England1
13Oxfordshire England1
14Pembrokeshire Wales1
15East Lothian Scotland1
54 England112 Scotland18 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 15 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
186
Peak month
June
Counties with records
15
Scientific name
Calicium salicinum
Group
Lichens
Most recorded in
Highland
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Lecanoromycetes
Order
Caliciales
Family
Caliciaceae
Genus
Calicium
Name with authority
Calicium salicinum Pers.

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q10547984 · GBIF 2609276