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 Puccinia akiraho
SynonymsPuccinia novae-zelandiae
BiostatusPresent in region - Indigenous. Endemic
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: Aecia sparsely arranged in scattered groups, minute, tubular, standing proud of the leaf surface, pale yellow with a white tattered margin, up to 0.5 mm in diameter; on the upper surfaces of leaves. Aeciospores elliptical to polygonal, 25–35 × 15–25 μm, covered with irregular warts, appearing reticulate, hyaline. Telia scattered, minute, circular to elliptical, orange, powdery, up to 0.5 mm in diameter; buried in the dense tomentum of the lower leaf surface and associated with discoloured leaf spots. Teliospores elliptical, 1-septate, 55–96 × 25–37 μm, hyaline; pedicel persistent.
Distribution: Distribution: Auckland, Taranaki, Wellington, Hawkes Bay, Nelson, Buller, Westland, Marlborough Sounds, Marlborough, North Canterbury, Mid Canterbury, Mackenzie.; 1st Record: Cunningham (1923a: as Puccinia novae-zelandiae).
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:.
Notes: It was first listed by Cunningham as Puccinia novae-zelandiae G.H. Cunn' but as the
specific name was occupied he renamed it in 1930 as P. akiraho. It occurs
sporadically throughout New Zealand. Both rust and host plants [Olearia spp.] are
endemic.
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