Phylum: Ascomycota Class: Ascomycetes
Order: Pleosporales Family: Leptosphaeriaceae
Species: Leptosphaeria acuta (Moug. & Nestl.) P. Karst.
Synonyms: Phoma acuta
Phoma urticae
Common Name: Nettle Rash
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Leptosphaeria acuta

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Urtica dioica (11)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Parkland and scattered trees: broadleaved (3)
Woodland: mixed, plantation (2)
Acid grassland (1)
Built up area, domestic (1)
Maritime cliff and slope: coastal grassland (1)
Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (1)
Scrub: scattered (1)
Woodland: broadleaved, plantation, high forest (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Stem (13)
Months recorded in & number of records:
February (1)
March (3)
April (6)
May (2)
June (1)
September (2)
November (1)