Puccinia keae
BiostatusPresent in region - Indigenous. Endemic
Article: Cunningham, G.H. (1928). Sixth supplement to the Uredinales and Ustilaginales of New Zealand. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 59(3): 491-505 Wellington:. Description: 0. Unknown.
III. Teleutosori scattered, hypophyllous, orbicular, 0.5-1 min. -diam., pulverulent, orange or
pallid chestnut-brown, naked but covered by the tomentum of the leaf. Spores linear-oblong,
or sub-clavate, 80-144 x 20-30 mmm.; apex rounded or less frequently slightly subacuminate,
not thickened, base subattenuate, lower cell longer and narrower than the upper, usually
cuneiform; constricted :at the septum; epispore 1 mmm. thick, tinted, almost hyaline, smooth;
contents orange yellow; pedicel persistent, hyaline, length of the spore; germ pore of the
upper cell apical, basal pore immediately beneath the septum, both obscure. Notes: The host is endemic and occurs in both Islands (Cheesem. 1925, p. 924).
The rust is very close to P. hectoreasis G. H. Cunn. on Senecia Bidwillii, but differs in the
thinner, tinted epispore, and slightly different shape of the teleutospore. The absence of an
aecidium may also be a diagnostic character, but in the absence of pycnia it cannot be stated
definitely that an aecidium does not occur in the cycle of the species under consideration.
The teleutospores germinate immediately on reaching maturity,, giving to the sori a distinct
orange colour.
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 scattered, rounded, orange to pallid chestnut brown, 0.5–1 mm in diameter; on the lower surfaces of leaves, hidden in the tomentum. Teliospores oblong to subclavate, 1-septate, 80–144 × 20–34 μm, smooth, pale brown to almost hyaline; pedicel persistent. Distribution: Distribution: Taupo, Mackenzie.; 1st Record: Cunningham (1928).
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: The host plant [Olearia nummularifolia] is endemic, occuring in mountainous regions in both
the North and the South Island. The rust has been found in both islands.
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