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 Puccinia tenuispora
SynonymsUredo antarctica
Puccinia obscura
BiostatusPresent in region - Indigenous. Non endemic
Article: McKenzie, E.H.C. (2008). Rust fungi in the subantarctic islands of New Zealand. Mycoscience 49: 1-10 Mycological Society of Japan.
Notes: Puccinia tenuispora was described from Victoria, Australia, on Luzula campestris (L.) DC. In New Zealand,it is known on several species of Luzula from the Tararua Ranges southward, including the Chatham Islands. The anamorph, Uredo antarctica was described from a Campbell Island specimen. The subglobose to ellipsoidal urediniospores of this specimen measure 22.5–29.5 x 18–24 µm (mean of 20 spores, 25.4 x 21.2 µm); this is very similar to the measurements of 22–27 x 16–24 µm, mean 25 x 21 µm given by Cunningham (1931) for urediniospores of P. tenuispora. There is no specimen in Herb. PDD to substantiate Cunningham’s (1931) record of this fungus from Auckland Islands.
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 rust occurs in Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand. Cunningham (1923b)
misidentified this rust as Puccinia obscura Schroet. After examination of European
material of this species Cunningham (1931a) classified it as P. tenuispora. The rust occurs
commonly in the South Island and in the Wellington Province [on Luzula spp.].
Article: Cunningham, G.H. (1924). The Uredinales, or rust-fungi, of New Zealand: supplement to Part 1; and Part 2. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 55: 1-58 Wellington:.
Notes: The following species and form-species have been recorded as occurring in New Zealand,
but, as I have not seen specimens, I am unable to give descriptions; moreover, as in most
instances the published descriptions are so fragmentary as to be useless for comparative
purposes, I have not included them here.
(i.) Uredo antarctica Berk., Fl. Antarct., p. 176, 1847.
Host: Lumla crinita Hook. f. The host is confined to the Auckland and Campbell Islands.
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