Galloway D.J. & James P.W.
(1987):
Metus, a new austral lichen genus and notes on an Australasian species of Pycnothelia,
Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh,
44: 561–579
Metus D. Galloway & P. James, a new lichen genus in the Cladoniaceae is proposed for three Southern Hemisphere taxa. Metus conglomeratus (F. Wilson) D. Galloway & P. James comb. nov., occurs in New Zealand, Tasmania and SE Australia; M. pileatus (Mont.) D. Galloway & P. James comb. nov., is found in Chile, and M. efflorescens D. Galloway & P. James sp. nov., also from Chile is described. Pycnothelia caliginosa D. Galloway & P. James, sp. nov., first found on quartzite soil in New Zealand and subsequently …
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