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Aecidium hupiro G. Cunn. 1924

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Aecidium hupiro G. Cunn., Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 55 36 (1924)
Aecidium hupiro G. Cunn. 1924

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Endemic
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New Zealand
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Cunningham 1931

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G. Cunn.
G. Cunn.
1924
36
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Aecidium hupiro G. Cunn. 1924
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Aecidium hupiro
Goprosma foetidissima Forst. On leaves and petioles. Herb. No. 771. New Zealand. Alpha Hut, Mount Hector (Wellington), [New Zealand], 1,700m., H. Hamilton J. G. Myers! 15 Feb., 1921, PDD 771

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Aecidium hupiro G. Cunn. 1924

Host: Coprosma foetidissima Forst. On leaves and petioles. Herb. No. 771. Alpha Hut, Mount Hector (Wellington), 1,700 m., H. Hamilton! J. G. Myers ! 15 Feb., 1921.
0. Spermogones amphigenous; immersed, honey-coloured, surrounded by the aecidia.
I. Aecidia hypophyllous, crowded in irregularly-circular groups, seated on discoloured and slightly-inflated areas visible on the upper surface, yellow. Peridia erumpent, cylindrical, 1 mm. high, 0.4-0.5 mm. diam., margins erect, not revolute, irregularly lacerate, tinted yellow. Spores polygonal or,. elliptical, 42-50 X 34-40 mmm.; epispore hyaline, densely and coarsely verruculose, 2.5-5 mmm. thick, cell-contents coarsely granular, pallid yellow.
0. Spermagoniis amphigeniis, immersis, ad aecidiis immixtis. I. Aecidiis hypophyllis, in catervis inaequalibus, in maculis discoloratis luteis. Peridiis erumpentibus, cylindricis, 1 mm. altis, 0.5 mm. latis, mar ginibus erectis, non revolutis, laceratis, luteis. Aecidiosporis polygoniis vel ellipticis, 42-50 X 34-40 mmm.; episporio hyalino, solide rustice verruculoso, 2-2.5 mmm. crasso, contentu rustice granuloso, luteo.
The host is endemic, and is abundant throughout. (Cheeseman, 1906, p. 259.)
The upright cylindrical peridia and large size of the spores serve to characterize this species.
Hab. : In foliis vivis et petiolibusque Coprosmae foetidissimae Forst. Alpha Hut, Mount Hector, Wellington, New Zealand, 1,700 m. H. Hamilton, J. G. Myers.

Aecidium hupiro G. Cunn. 1924

This rust is known only from a single collection on an endemic host from Mt. Hector in the Wellington Province.

Aecidium hupiro G. Cunn. 1924

Type: Rust and Smut Fungi; Description: Aecia in more or less circular groups, cylindrical, erumpent, with a torn, erect, yellowish margin, 0.4–0.5 mm in diameter; on the lower surfaces of leaves in distorted and slightly inflated yellowish areas. Aeciospores polygonal or elliptical, 42–50 × 34–46 μm, densely verruculose.
Distribution: Taupo, Rangitikei, Wellington.; 1st Record: Cunningham (1924a).
Significance: None.; Host(s): Coprosma foetidissima.

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Aecidium hupiro G. Cunn. 1924
Aecidium hupiro G. Cunn. (1924)
Aecidium hupiro G. Cunn. 1924
Aecidium hupiro G. Cunn. (1924)
Aecidium hupiro G. Cunn. 1924
Aecidium hupiro G. Cunn. (1924)
Aecidium hupiro G. Cunn. 1924
Aecidium hupiro G. Cunn. (1924)
Aecidium hupiro G. Cunn. 1924
Aecidium hupiro G. Cunn. (1924)
Aecidium hupiro G. Cunn. 1924
Aecidium hupiro G. Cunn. 1924
Aecidium hupiro G. Cunn. (1924)
Aecidium hupiro G. Cunn. 1924
Aecidium hupiro G. Cunn. (1924)

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Aecidium hupiro G. Cunn. 1924
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Goprosma foetidissima Forst. On leaves and petioles. Herb. No. 771. New Zealand. Alpha Hut, Mount Hector (Wellington), [New Zealand], 1,700m., H. Hamilton J. G. Myers! 15 Feb., 1921, PDD 771

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