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Whitewash Lichen

Phlyctis argena

3,483Records since 2000
MarchPeak month
86Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan214
Feb303
Mar346
Apr341
May341
Jun319
Jul257
Aug249
Sep236
Oct267
Nov202
Dec197

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Devon England314
2Highland Scotland195
3Gloucestershire England158
4Cornwall England153
5Somerset England138
6East Lothian Scotland133
7Kent England119
8Pembrokeshire Wales104
9Perth and Kinross Scotland103
10Dorset England83
11Powys Wales78
12Herefordshire, County of England78
13Argyll and Bute Scotland77
14Gwynedd Wales71
15Worcestershire England67
2,263 England770 Scotland348 Wales79 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 86 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
3,483
Peak month
March
Counties with records
86
Scientific name
Phlyctis argena
Group
Lichens
NBN Atlas records since 2000
330
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Lecanoromycetes
Order
Ostropales
Family
Phlyctidaceae
Genus
Phlyctis
Name with authority
Phlyctis argena (Ach.) Flot.
Contributing datasets
29

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 8620875