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

Biostatus

Present in region - Indigenous. Endemic

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: Cunningham (1931a) stated that the rust is endemic, and that two of the hosts [Carex berggreni and C. whakatipu] are endemic, whereas the third, C. pyreniaca, is a cosmopolitan species. The rust is recorded only from the South Island.