HyperDic: genus_cladonia

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Cladonia:
NOUNplantgenus Cladonia, Cladoniatype genus of Cladoniaceae
English > genus Cladonia: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningtype genus of Cladoniaceae; lichens characterized by a crustose thallus and capitate fruiting bodies borne on simple or branched podetia.
SynonymCladonia
Member ofCladoniaceae, family CladoniaceaeA family of lichens
Membersreindeer moss, reindeer lichen, arctic moss, Cladonia rangiferinaAn erect greyish branching lichen of Arctic and even some north temperate regions constituting the chief food for reindeer and caribou and sometimes being eaten by humans
Broaderfungus genusIncludes lichen genera
Spanishcladonia, genus cladonia
Catalancladonia, Cladonia, genus cladonia

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