family usneaceae

Noun
  1. Fruticose lichens having prostrate or erect or pendulous thalli: genera Usnea, Evernia, Ramalina, Alectoria (synset 113010222)
    is a type of: fungus family - includes lichen families
    member holonym:
    • genus usnea, usnea - widely distributed lichens usually having a greyish or yellow pendulous freely branched thallus
    • evernia, genus evernia - lichens of the family Usneaceae having a pendulous or shrubby thallus
    • genus ramalina, ramalina - shrubby lichens of the family Usneaceae having a flattened thallus
    • alectoria, genus alectoria - lichens having dark brown erect or pendulous much-branched cylindrical thallus
    belongs to: division lichenes, lichenes - comprising the lichens which grow symbiotically with algae; sometimes treated as an independent group more or less coordinate with algae and fungi
    same as: usneaceae

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