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Wall Speck Lichen

Verrucaria muralis

2,091Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
84Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan96
Feb136
Mar178
Apr188
May177
Jun225
Jul222
Aug257
Sep188
Oct160
Nov94
Dec63

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Lincolnshire England301
2Dorset England98
3Worcestershire England93
4Gloucestershire England82
5Herefordshire, County of England71
6Suffolk England70
7Cambridgeshire England61
8Cornwall England52
9Norfolk England45
10East Lothian Scotland37
11Devon England31
12Somerset England30
13Kent England25
14North Lincolnshire England24
15Gwynedd Wales23
1,810 England162 Scotland95 Wales18 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
2,091
Peak month
August
Counties with records
84
Scientific name
Verrucaria muralis
Group
Fungi
NBN Atlas records since 2000
146
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Eurotiomycetes
Order
Verrucariales
Family
Verrucariaceae
Genus
Verrucaria
Name with authority
Verrucaria muralis Ach.
Contributing datasets
22

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q10590461 · GBIF 5259530