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family Usneaceae

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Noun1.family Usneaceae - fruticose lichens having prostrate or erect or pendulous thalli: genera Usnea, Evernia, Ramalina, Alectoria
Usneaceae
fungus family - includes lichen families
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
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


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