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Truncated Dimple Lichen

Gyalecta truncigena

502Records since 2000
MayPeak month
28Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan25
Feb46
Mar47
Apr38
May66
Jun32
Jul21
Aug24
Sep50
Oct39
Nov56
Dec29

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Devon England93
2Somerset England49
3Dorset England48
4Cornwall England48
5Gwynedd Wales33
6Pembrokeshire Wales33
7Highland Scotland30
8Argyll and Bute Scotland17
9Cumbria England11
10Powys Wales11
11Carmarthenshire Wales9
12East Lothian Scotland8
13Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland7
14Perth and Kinross Scotland6
15Ceredigion Wales5
320 England68 Scotland95 Wales10 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 28 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
502
Peak month
May
Counties with records
28
Scientific name
Gyalecta truncigena
Group
Lichens
NBN Atlas records since 2000
59
Most recorded in
Devon
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Lecanoromycetes
Order
Gyalectales
Family
Gyalectaceae
Genus
Gyalecta
Name with authority
Gyalecta truncigena (Ach.) Hepp
Contributing datasets
18

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q10593625 · GBIF 5260761