Lecidella elaeochroma
A yellowy grey or pale grey-green lichen with a cracked crust and studded with black spots.
On smooth barked trees, common on Ash.
All year round.
An early colonist of smooth-barked trees.
Widespread and quite common in Britain.
Very frequent in Leicestershire and Rutland.
David Nicholls
Rutland Water
31 December 2011
AJ Cann
Croft Glebe
13 January 2018
On Ash.
Graham Calow
Clump Hill Fields, Broughton Astley
22 March 2015
David Nicholls
Rutland Water
31 December 2011
David Nicholls
Ratby Burroughs
24 November 2011
Ron.stevens
Frolesworth Road
15 March 2015
Leicestershire & Rutland Map
Enter a town or village to see local records
MAP KEY:
Yellow squares = NBN records (all known data)
Coloured circles = NatureSpot records: 2025+ | 2020-2024 | pre-2020
UK Map
Species profile
- Species group:
- Lichens
- Kingdom:
- Fungi
- Order:
- Lecanorales
- Family:
- Lecanoraceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 197
- First record:
- 24/11/2011 (Nicholls, David)
- Last record:
- 16/03/2025 (Mabbett, Craig)
Total records by month
% of records within its species group
10km squares with records
The latest images and records displayed below include those awaiting verification checks so we cannot guarantee that every identification is correct. Once accepted, the record displays a green tick.
In the Latest Records section, click on the header to sort A-Z, and again to sort Z-A. Use the header boxes to filter the list.
Latest images
Latest records
David Nicholls
Ratby Burroughs
24 November 2011
David Nicholls
Ratby
31 January 2014
Graham Calow
Sharnford
28 October 2014
David Nicholls
Market Bosworth Country Park
01 March 2012
steven lewis
welby
13 February 2016
David Nicholls
Wirlybones Wood
30 March 2012
Paul Ruddoch
Melton Country Park
24 February 2015
Alan Semper
Melton Country Park
06 March 2015
Graham Calow
Sharnford
28 October 2014
