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Go to the NZFungi website for more indepth information on Puccinia alboclava. Puccinia alboclava

Biostatus

Present 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: Only the telial stage is known. Telia in groups, up to 0.25 mm in diameter, associated with pale grey to buff leaf spots up to 1 cm in diameter; on the lower surfaces of leaves. Teliospores variable in form, 1-septate, 26–54 × 11–18 μm; pedicel short.
Distribution: Distribution: Waikato, Bay of Plenty, Taupo, Dunedin.; 1st Record: Baylis (1954).

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: Baylis (1954) studied rust species infecting indigenous species of Clemati.s. He separated out Puccinia alboclava on teleutospore characters. He recorded it only from seedling plants from Otago and Wellington.