Metzgeria dichotoma (Sw.) Nees

Gomes do Nascimento, Géssica Maria, Conceição, Gonçalo Mendes da, Fernandes Peralta, Denilson & Oliveira, Hermeson Cassiano de, 2020, Bryophytes of Sete Cidades National Park, Piauí, Brazil, Check List 16 (4), pp. 969-988 : 985

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.15560/16.4.969
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scientific name	Metzgeria dichotoma (Sw.) Nees
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New records. BRAZIL • 1 specimen; Piauí, Piracuruca, Sete Cidades National Park, Cachoeira Riachão ; 04° 27′40″S, 041°56′30″W; 17 Jul. 2017; G. M. G Nascimento leg. (HUESPI 996) GoogleMaps .

Identification. Gametophyte prostrate, thallose, with irregular dichotomous ramifications; numerous bristles present on ventral surface, on alae, on thickening, and margin; discoidal or ovoid gemmae frequently present on dorsal surface with falcate bristles. Briocenological group: saxicolous.

Brazilian range. GO, MG, PE, PR, RJ, RS, SP (moderate distribution). Newly recorded from the Cerrado.