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

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: This endemic rust species is widely distributed throughout New Zealand; of the hosts (Cunningham 1931a), Carex wallii is endemic and the other two are indigenous. Carex inversa is extended to Australia and C. pumila to Australia, Asia, and South America.