Leptosphaeria acuta (Fuckel) P.Karst. is a fungus in the Leptosphaeriaceae family, order Pleosporales, kingdom Fungi. Not known to be toxic.

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Leptosphaeria acuta (Fuckel) P.Karst.

Leptosphaeria acuta (Fuckel) P.Karst.

Leptosphaeria acuta, also called nettle rash, is a plant pathogen found on dead stems of common nettle.

Family

Leptosphaeriaceae

Genus

Leptosphaeria

Order

Pleosporales

Class

Dothideomycetes

About Leptosphaeria acuta (Fuckel) P.Karst.

Leptosphaeria acuta (Fuckel) P.Karst., commonly called nettle rash, is a plant pathogen that grows on the dead stems of common nettle (Urtica dioica).

Photo: (c) Ramunė Vakarė, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by Ramunė Vakarė · cc-by-nc-sa

Taxonomy

Fungi › Ascomycota › Dothideomycetes › Pleosporales › Leptosphaeriaceae › Leptosphaeria

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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