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Warty brown-shield

Melanohalea exasperata

572Records since 2000
MarchPeak month
48Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan28
Feb44
Mar62
Apr44
May61
Jun62
Jul54
Aug41
Sep46
Oct40
Nov39
Dec13

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland189
2Devon England36
3Perth and Kinross Scotland33
4Argyll and Bute Scotland32
5Carmarthenshire Wales22
6Moray Scotland20
7East Lothian Scotland19
8Powys Wales17
9Worcestershire England15
10Gwynedd Wales11
11Somerset England10
12Aberdeenshire Scotland10
13Stirling Scotland10
14Dorset England7
15Cornwall England7
141 England355 Scotland67 Wales6 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 48 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
572
Peak month
March
Counties with records
48
Scientific name
Melanohalea exasperata
Group
Lichens
NBN Atlas records since 2000
79
Most recorded in
Highland
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Lecanoromycetes
Order
Lecanorales
Family
Parmeliaceae
Genus
Melanohalea
Name with authority
Melanohalea exasperata (De Not.) O.Blanco, A.Crespo, Divakar, Essl., D.Hawksw. & Lumbsch
Contributing datasets
22

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q10718929 · GBIF 3410705