Thesaurus: usnea
A genus of lichens, most of the species of which have long, gray, pendulous, and finely branched fronds. Usnea barbata is the common bearded lichen which grows on branches of trees in northern forests.
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- n. A genus of lichens, most of the species of which have long, gray, pendulous, and finely branched fronds. Usnea barbata is the common bearded lichen which grows on branches of trees in northern forests.
- A genus of lichens, most of the species of which have long, gray, pendulous, and finely branched fronds. Usnea barbata is the common bearded lichen which grows on branches of trees in northern forests.
- A genus of lichens, most of the species of which have long,gray, pendulous, and finely branched fronds. Usnea barbata is thecommon bearded lichen which grows on branches of trees in northernforests.
- n widely distributed lichens usually having a greyish or yellow pendulous freely branched thallus