Uredo wharanui
BiostatusPresent in region - Indigenous. Endemic
Images (click to enlarge) Caption: FIG. 124. Uredo wharanui G.H. Cunn. Uredospores from Olearia insignis 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, seated on pallid spots visible on the upper surface, orbicular, 1
mm. diam., bullate, reddish-orange, pulverulent, deeply buried in the dense tomentum of the
leaf-surface. Spores elliptical or obovate, 35-55. X 26-34 mmm.; epispore hyaline, coarsely
and moderately echinulate, 2-2.5 mmm., thick, cell-contents granular, reddish-orange; germ-pores indistinct. Notes: The host is endemic, and is confined to the Marlborough District. (Cheeseman, 1906, p. 279.)
In size and shape the spores of this species resemble the preceding; it is separated on account
of the thicker, coarsely and moderately echinulate epispore, and bright reddish-orange colour
of the sori.
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 minute, circular, reddish orange, powdery, up to 1 mm in diameter; buried in dense tomentum on the lower surfaces of leaves, associated with pale leaf spots, which are also visible on the upper leaf surfaces. Urediniospores obovate to elliptical, 30–55 × 26–34 μm, coarsely and densely echinulate, hyaline. Distribution: Distribution: Marlborough, Kaikoura.; 1st Record: Cunningham (1924a).
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