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Yellow Map Lichen

Rhizocarpon geographicum

3,025Records since 2000
MayPeak month
65Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan90
Feb140
Mar220
Apr315
May408
Jun366
Jul358
Aug329
Sep300
Oct187
Nov119
Dec50

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland612
2Argyll and Bute Scotland174
3North Yorkshire England115
4Perth and Kinross Scotland100
5Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland99
6Gwynedd Wales98
7Cumbria England96
8Devon England90
9Worcestershire England81
10Cornwall England79
11Powys Wales71
12Aberdeenshire Scotland52
13East Lothian Scotland51
14Herefordshire, County of England47
15Scottish Borders Scotland45
1,251 England1,431 Scotland285 Wales50 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 65 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
3,025
Peak month
May
Counties with records
65
Scientific name
Rhizocarpon geographicum
Group
Lichens
NBN Atlas records since 2000
479
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Lecanoromycetes
Order
Rhizocarpales
Family
Rhizocarpaceae
Genus
Rhizocarpon
Name with authority
Rhizocarpon geographicum (L.) DC.
Contributing datasets
32

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1365267 · GBIF 2600423