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Sulphur Dust Lichen

Psilolechia lucida

3,041Records since 2000
MayPeak month
84Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan137
Feb217
Mar270
Apr312
May323
Jun316
Jul284
Aug291
Sep277
Oct242
Nov134
Dec84

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Lincolnshire England315
2Gloucestershire England124
3Norfolk England114
4Cambridgeshire England108
5Herefordshire, County of England95
6Devon England93
7Worcestershire England91
8Cornwall England88
9Kent England86
10Highland Scotland72
11Suffolk England65
12Stockport England49
13Gwynedd Wales42
14Perth and Kinross Scotland42
15Powys Wales41
2,610 England248 Scotland163 Wales16 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 84 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
3,041
Peak month
May
Counties with records
84
Scientific name
Psilolechia lucida
Group
Lichens
NBN Atlas records since 2000
135
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Lecanoromycetes
Order
Lecanorales
Family
Psilolechiaceae
Genus
Psilolechia
Name with authority
Psilolechia lucida (Ach.) M.Choisy
Contributing datasets
21

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q10453528 · GBIF 2607291