In 1974 botanist Robert Root Ireland, published Neomacounia nitida, or Macoun's shining moss, which is a moss, that was found only in a small area of Ontario, and the sole species in the genus Neomacounia.
In 1974, botanist Robert Root Ireland published *Neomacounia nitida*, or Macoun's shining moss, which is a moss found only in a small area of Ontario and the sole species within the genus *Neomacounia*.