Bracken Map - Rhopographus filicinus
Rhopographus filicinus is a host specific fungus that forms a series of irregular black lines on the stems of living Bracken and becomes more apparent in autumn and winter after the plant has died back.
Wherever Bracken occurs.
Autumn.
Widespread and fairly frequent in Britain.
Fairly frequent in Leicestershire and Rutland.
"Incertae sedis" is used when a species has not been assigned to a Family in the taxonomic hierarchy.
Peter Smith
Loughborough, Outwoods
06 April 2025
Melinda Bell
Netherseal,Grange Wood
28 January 2025
Melinda Bell
Bardon Hill
13 April 2021
Leicestershire & Rutland Map
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Yellow squares = NBN records (all known data)
Coloured circles = NatureSpot records: 2025+ | 2020-2024 | pre-2020
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Species profile
- Common names
- Bracken Map
- Species group:
- Fungi
- Kingdom:
- Fungi
- Order:
- Family:
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 44
- First record:
- 11/11/2012 (Nicholls, David)
- Last record:
- 21/02/2026 (Nicholls, David)
Total records by month
% of records within its species group
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Isabel Raval
Rough Hill
17 February 2025
Peter Smith
Whitwick, Peter Elderfield Memorial Wood
22 December 2021
Hazel Graves
Broombriggs Farm
01 November 2023
