Notes on Early Land Plants Today 88. Validation of the fossil Metzgeriothallus metzgerioides

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xKochi University, Faculty o f Science and Technology, D epartm ent o f B iological Sciences, 2 -5 -1 A kebono-cho, Kochi, Kochi 780-8520, Japan ; 2Hattori Botanical Laboratory, Obi 6-1-26 , Nichinan City, Miyazaki 889-2535, Japan ; 3Gantz Family Collections Center, The Field Museum, Chicago, IL, USA; 4D epartm ent o f Biology, Norwegian University o f Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway; *E-mail: lars@ elpt.info