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Variegated Foam Lichen

Stereocaulon vesuvianum

1,267Records since 2000
JunePeak month
52Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan46
Feb40
Mar66
Apr119
May180
Jun181
Jul142
Aug147
Sep139
Oct65
Nov49
Dec35

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland434
2Perth and Kinross Scotland92
3Argyll and Bute Scotland88
4Cumbria England66
5Ceredigion Wales56
6Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland53
7Stirling Scotland42
8Gwynedd Wales37
9North Yorkshire England25
10Aberdeenshire Scotland25
11Devon England24
12Powys Wales23
13Cornwall England13
14Suffolk England11
15Conwy Wales10
284 England805 Scotland143 Wales14 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 52 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,267
Peak month
June
Counties with records
52
Scientific name
Stereocaulon vesuvianum
Group
Lichens
NBN Atlas records since 2000
71
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Lecanoromycetes
Order
Lecanorales
Family
Stereocaulaceae
Genus
Stereocaulon
Name with authority
Stereocaulon vesuvianum Pers.
Contributing datasets
28

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q3973243 · GBIF 7247041