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Varied Rag Lichen

Platismatia glauca

3,464Records since 2000
MayPeak month
79Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan220
Feb286
Mar385
Apr353
May386
Jun317
Jul223
Aug237
Sep264
Oct268
Nov206
Dec127

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland910
2Argyll and Bute Scotland454
3Devon England172
4Perth and Kinross Scotland120
5Somerset England75
6Powys Wales74
7Carmarthenshire Wales74
8Cumbria England67
9Gwynedd Wales65
10Aberdeenshire Scotland64
11Gloucestershire England63
12Stirling Scotland62
13Moray Scotland52
14Scottish Borders Scotland46
15Dumfries and Galloway Scotland43
1,181 England1,984 Scotland262 Wales22 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 79 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
3,464
Peak month
May
Counties with records
79
Scientific name
Platismatia glauca
Group
Lichens
NBN Atlas records since 2000
529
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Lecanoromycetes
Order
Lecanorales
Family
Parmeliaceae
Genus
Platismatia
Name with authority
Platismatia glauca (L.) W.L.Culb. & C.F.Culb.
Contributing datasets
32

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2098641 · GBIF 2605342