Metus (fungus)
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Lecanorales |
| Family: | Cladoniaceae |
| Genus: | Metus D.J.Galloway & P.James (1987) |
| Type species | |
(F.Wilson) D.J.Galloway & P.James (1987)
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Metus is a genus of three species of lichenized fungi in the family Cladoniaceae.[1] The genus was circumscribed by lichenologists David John Galloway and Peter Wilfred James in 1987, with as the type species. All three species are found in the Southern Hemisphere.[2]
Galloway and James suggested a placement of the genus in Cladoniaceae,[2] a classification that was later supported with phylogenetic analysis.[3]
Species[]
- (F.Wilson) D.J.Galloway & P.James (1987)
- D.J.Galloway & P.James (1987)
- (Mont.) D.J.Galloway & P.James (1987)
References[]
- ^ Wijayawardene, Nalin; Hyde, Kevin; Al-Ani, LKT; Dolatabadi, S; Stadler, Marc; Haelewaters, Danny; et al. (2020). "Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa". Mycosphere. 11: 1060–1456. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/11/1/8.
- ^ a b Galloway, D.J.; James, P.W. (1987). "Metus, a new austral lichen genus and notes on an Australian species of Pycnothelia". Notes from the Royal Botanical Garden Edinburgh. 44 (3): 561–579.
- ^ Wedin, Mats; Döring, Heidi; Ekman, Stefan (2007). "Molecular phylogeny of the lichen families Cladoniaceae, Sphaerophoraceae, and Stereocaulaceae (Lecanorales, Ascomycotina)". The Lichenologist. 32 (2): 171–187. doi:10.1006/lich.1999.0236.
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