Meaning | fruticose lichens having prostrate or erect or pendulous thalli: genera Usnea, Evernia, Ramalina, Alectoria. |
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Synonym | family Usneaceae |
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Member of | Lichenes, division Lichenes | Comprising the lichens which grow symbiotically with algae |
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Members | Alectoria, genus Alectoria | lichens having dark brown erect or pendulous much-branched cylindrical thallus |
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Evernia, genus Evernia | lichens of the family Usneaceae having a pendulous or shrubby thallus |
Ramalina, genus Ramalina | shrubby lichens of the family Usneaceae having a flattened thallus |
Usnea, genus Usnea | widely distributed lichens usually having a greyish or yellow pendulous freely branched thallus |
Broader | fungus family | Includes lichen families |
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