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Shield-fern Rust

Milesina whitei

162Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
14Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan24
Feb20
Mar27
Apr47
May31
Jun3
Jul1
Aug0
Sep2
Oct3
Nov3
Dec1

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Ceredigion Wales64
2Somerset England28
3Dorset England20
4Devon England7
5Powys Wales6
6Carmarthenshire Wales5
7Bath and North East Somerset England4
8Surrey England3
9Pembrokeshire Wales3
10Bristol, City of England3
11Herefordshire, County of England3
12Cornwall England2
13North Yorkshire England2
14Gwynedd Wales1
41 England1 Scotland78 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 14 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
162
Peak month
April
Counties with records
14
Scientific name
Milesina whitei
Group
Fungi
NBN Atlas records since 2000
120
Most recorded in
Ceredigion
Conservation designations
Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Basidiomycota
Class
Pucciniomycetes
Order
Pucciniales
Family
Milesinaceae
Genus
Milesina
Name with authority
Milesina whitei (Faull) Hirats.

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q10585300 · GBIF 2516885