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Go to the NZFungi website for more indepth information on Uredo tupare. Uredo tupare

Biostatus

Present in region - Indigenous. Endemic

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Caption: FIG. 123. Uredo tupare G.H. Cunn. Uredospores from Olaeria Colensoi Hook.f.
 

Article: Dingley, J.M. (1969). Records of plant diseases in New Zealand. New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Bulletin 192: 298 p. Wellington:.

Article: Cunningham, G.H. (1924). The Uredinales, or rust-fungi, of New Zealand: supplement to Part 1; and Part 2. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 55: 1-58 Wellington:.
Description: II. Uredosori hypophyllous, scattered, seated on pallid spots visible on the upper surface, orbicular, 1 mm. diam., orange, fading with age to pallid yellow, pulverulent, deeply seated in the dense tomentum of the leaf. Spores obovate or elliptical, 40-55 X 25-31 mmm.; epispore hyaline, closely and finely echinulate, 1.5-2 mmm., cell-contents granular, yellow; germ-pores scattered, numerous (6-8), obscure.
Notes: The host is endemic, and widely spread throughout the mountain areas. (Cheeseman, 1906, p. 282.)
The large-sized spores and closely and finely echinulate epispore characterize this species.

Article: Gadgil, P.D. (in association with Dick, M.A.; Hood, I.A.; Pennycook, S.R.) (2005). Fungi on trees and shrubs in New Zealand. Fungi of New Zealand. Ngā Harore o Aotearoa 4: xi + 437 p. Hong Kong: Fungal Diversity Press.
Description: Type: Rust and Smut Fungi; Description: Uredinia scattered, minute, circular, orange becoming yellow, powdery, up to 1 mm in diameter; buried in dense tomentum on the lower surfaces of leaves, associated with pale spots, which are also visible on upper leaf surfaces. Urediniospores subglobose, 38–42 μm in diameter, finely echinulate, yellowish.
Distribution: Distribution: Wellington, Nelson, Westland, Marlborough Sounds, Stewart Island.; 1st Record: Cunningham (1924a).