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Worm Lichen

Alyxoria culmigena

579Records since 2000
MayPeak month
57Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan34
Feb50
Mar46
Apr53
May61
Jun37
Jul47
Aug57
Sep45
Oct35
Nov44
Dec32

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland90
2Devon England71
3Pembrokeshire Wales34
4Argyll and Bute Scotland31
5East Lothian Scotland25
6Cornwall England23
7Somerset England22
8Scottish Borders Scotland20
9Perth and Kinross Scotland15
10Gwynedd Wales13
11Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland12
12Ceredigion Wales10
13Cambridgeshire England9
14Carmarthenshire Wales8
15Midlothian Scotland8
247 England225 Scotland69 Wales25 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 57 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
579
Peak month
May
Counties with records
57
Scientific name
Alyxoria culmigena
Group
Lichens
NBN Atlas records since 2000
72
Most recorded in
Highland, Devon
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Arthoniomycetes
Order
Arthoniales
Family
Lecanographaceae
Genus
Alyxoria
Name with authority
Alyxoria culmigena (Lib.) Ertz
Contributing datasets
24

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q21239284 · GBIF 8857361