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Wart lichen

Verrucaria viridula

1,910Records since 2000
JunePeak month
78Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan91
Feb135
Mar169
Apr169
May157
Jun238
Jul225
Aug210
Sep175
Oct146
Nov88
Dec47

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Lincolnshire England241
2Dorset England101
3Cambridgeshire England80
4Norfolk England71
5Suffolk England54
6Herefordshire, County of England52
7Gloucestershire England51
8Devon England50
9Worcestershire England48
10East Lothian Scotland48
11Cornwall England45
12Kent England37
13Somerset England32
14Powys Wales23
15Oxfordshire England18
1,678 England140 Scotland67 Wales21 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 78 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,910
Peak month
June
Counties with records
78
Scientific name
Verrucaria viridula
Group
Fungi
NBN Atlas records since 2000
87
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Eurotiomycetes
Order
Verrucariales
Family
Verrucariaceae
Genus
Verrucaria
Name with authority
Verrucaria viridula (Schrad.) Ach.
Contributing datasets
18

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q10714445 · GBIF 5259546