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 Puccinia coprosmae
BiostatusPresent in region - Indigenous. Non endemic
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Owner: J.A. Cooper | 
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Caption: telia
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Article: Cooke, M.C. (1890). New Zealand fungi. Grevillea 19(89): 1-4.
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 crowded, minute, black, powdery, up to 1 mm in diameter, associated with circular or elliptical dark brown to black leaf spots, up to 1 cm in diameter; on the lower surfaces of leaves, but spots eventually appearing on the upper surface. Teliospores elongate-oblong, 1-septate, 36–50 × 16–24 μm, brown; pedicel persistent.
Distribution: Distribution: Northland, Auckland, Coromandel, Bay of Plenty, Taranaki, Taupo, Rangitikei, Wanganui, Wellington, Hawkes Bay, Wairarapa, Nelson, Buller, Westland, Marlborough Sounds, North Canterbury, Mid Canterbury, Mackenzie, Otago Lakes, Central Otago, Southland, Stewart Island.; 1st Record: Cooke (1890a).
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: Of the hosts, four species (C. australis, C. lucida, C. repens and C. robusta) are endemic to
New Zealand. C. pumila is indigenous to New Zealand, the sub-Antarctic Islands, Tasmania and
Australia. The rust is widespread throughout New Zealand. It has been recorded from Australia on
Coprosma hirtella (Petrak, 1953).
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