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Birch Rust

Melampsoridium betulinum

552Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
62Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan3
Feb3
Mar3
Apr0
May2
Jun10
Jul45
Aug99
Sep157
Oct165
Nov50
Dec4

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland109
2Argyll and Bute Scotland91
3Ceredigion Wales84
4Norfolk England46
5Powys Wales17
6Worcestershire England10
7Rutland England9
8Sefton England7
9Aberdeenshire Scotland7
10Cornwall England5
11Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland5
12Renfrewshire Scotland5
13North Yorkshire England4
14Carmarthenshire Wales4
15Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland4
164 England248 Scotland109 Wales12 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 62 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
552
Peak month
October
Counties with records
62
Scientific name
Melampsoridium betulinum
Group
Fungi
NBN Atlas records since 2000
521
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Basidiomycota
Class
Pucciniomycetes
Order
Pucciniales
Family
Pucciniastraceae
Genus
Melampsoridium
Name with authority
Melampsoridium betulinum (Pers.) Kleb.
Contributing datasets
19

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q10580141 · GBIF 2516809