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 Puccinia caricina
SynonymsPuccinia caricis
Puccinia grossulariae
BiostatusPresent in region - Indigenous. Non endemic
Article: McKenzie, E.H.C. (2008). Rust fungi in the subantarctic islands of New Zealand. Mycoscience 49: 1-10 Mycological Society of Japan.
Notes: A widespread rust, especially in temperate areas of theworld. Presumably indigenous to New Zealand, it occursthroughout the country on various species of Carex.
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: This European species of rust was recorded by Cunningham (1931a) as Puccinia
caricis Rebent. Baker (1956) listed records under P. caricina. All host species of
Carex are indigenous: the rust is common throughout New Zealand. The aecidial
stage is occasionally collected on the endemic species of Urtica.
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