Metzgeria temperata Kuwah. in the British Isles, and M. frnticulosa (Picks.) Evans with sporophytes
- 1 January 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Bryology
- Vol. 9 (4) , 441-449
- https://doi.org/10.1179/jbr.1977.9.4.441
Abstract
M. fruticulosa is European and develops a blue pigment in long-dried material. The Japanese and North American plants, which lack the pigment, are named M. temperata. About 1/3 of British specimens previously determined as M. fruticulosa have proved to be M. temperata. It is distinct from M. fruticulosa in many characters including the absence of brood-bodies on the costa. Sporophytes of M. fruticulosa are described for the 1st time. M. temperata favors more base-deficient substrata than M. fruticulosa and has a more southern distribution in the British Isles.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
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