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 Puccinia schoenus
SynonymsUredo schoeni
BiostatusPresent 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: The host [Schoenus pauciflorus] is endemic and common throughout. The rust only occurs in
Canterbury and Otago, South Island. It is of no economic importance.
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: II. Uredosori scattered, seldom confluent, seated on discoloured reddish spots, elliptical, 1-2
mm. long, erumpent, bullate, long covered, ferruginous. Spores elliptical or obovate, 40-48 x
24-28 mmm. ; epispore pallid fuscous, or yellowish-brown, 3 mmm. thick, save at the apex
where thickened to 6 mmm. and darker in colour, moderately and somewhat coarsely
echinulate ; germ pores equatorial, 3-4, obscure.
Notes: The host is endemic and common throughout (Cheesem. 1925, p. 229)
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