HyperDic: genus_alectoria

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Alectoria:
NOUNplantgenus Alectoria, Alectorialichens having dark brown erect or pendulous much-branched cylindrical thallus
English > genus Alectoria: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaninglichens having dark brown erect or pendulous much-branched cylindrical thallus.
SynonymAlectoria
Member ofUsneaceae, family Usneaceaefruticose lichens having prostrate or erect or pendulous thalli
Membershorsehair lichen, horsetail lichenAny of several lichens of the genus Alectoria having a thallus consisting of filaments resembling hair
Broaderfungus genusIncludes lichen genera
Spanishalectoria, genus alectoria
Catalanalectoria, genus alectoria

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