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Nettle Rash

Leptosphaeria acuta

1,269Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
83Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan71
Feb150
Mar199
Apr303
May224
Jun74
Jul30
Aug24
Sep44
Oct52
Nov41
Dec32

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England258
2Gloucestershire England148
3Cambridgeshire England51
4Sefton England47
5Rutland England23
6Highland Scotland22
7Worcestershire England22
8Bristol, City of England20
9East Dunbartonshire Scotland18
10Oxfordshire England17
11North Yorkshire England13
12Perth and Kinross Scotland12
13Renfrewshire Scotland12
14Cornwall England11
15North Lanarkshire Scotland11
1,004 England169 Scotland52 Wales34 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 83 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,269
Peak month
April
Counties with records
83
Scientific name
Leptosphaeria acuta
Group
Fungi
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,256
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Dothideomycetes
Order
Pleosporales
Family
Leptosphaeriaceae
Genus
Leptosphaeria
Name with authority
Leptosphaeria acuta (Fuckel) P.Karst.
Contributing datasets
16

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q6528388 · GBIF 2618497