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Spotted felt lichen

Sticta sylvatica

2,203Records since 2000
MayPeak month
23Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan156
Feb231
Mar233
Apr187
May309
Jun125
Jul100
Aug63
Sep154
Oct121
Nov268
Dec134

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Argyll and Bute Scotland649
2Gwynedd Wales540
3Highland Scotland437
4Cornwall England125
5Somerset England118
6Devon England76
7Pembrokeshire Wales45
8Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland34
9Stirling Scotland19
10Cumbria England16
11Dumfries and Galloway Scotland12
12Perth and Kinross Scotland12
13Carmarthenshire Wales6
14Powys Wales5
15North Ayrshire Scotland4
346 England1,212 Scotland599 Wales36 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 23 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,203
Peak month
May
Counties with records
23
Scientific name
Sticta sylvatica
Also known as
a 'stinky' Sticta
Group
Lichens
NBN Atlas records since 2000
719
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Lecanoromycetes
Order
Peltigerales
Family
Lobariaceae
Genus
Sticta
Name with authority
Sticta sylvatica (Huds.) Ach.
Contributing datasets
24

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q10726057 · GBIF 5260687