Definition of Pertusaria

1. Noun. Crustose lichens that are a source of the dye archil and of litmus.

Exact synonyms: Genus Pertusaria
Generic synonyms: Fungus Genus
Group relationships: Family Pertusariaceae, Pertusariaceae

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pertusaria

Persics
Persil
Persis
Persism
Persisms
Persoonia
Perspex
Perth
Perthes' test
Perthes disease
Perthian
Perthians
Perthshire
Pertik's diverticulum
Pertusaria (current term)
Pertusariaceae
Peru
Perugia
Perugian
Perugians
Perun
Perutz
Peruvian
Peruvian balsam
Peruvian bark
Peruvian cotton
Peruvian current
Peruvian lily
Peruvian mastic tree

Literary usage of Pertusaria

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Manual of British Lichens: Containing Descriptions of All the Species and by William Mudd (1861)
"Pertusaria pustulata, Leight Brit. Angi. Lich. 30. pi. 10. fig. 4. Exs. 230 ! ... Pertusaria Wulfenii, Fries L. Ref. 424 in pt.—Nyl. Enum. Gen. 116. LP 49 ! ..."

2. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1870)
"WA LEIGHTON, BA, FLS, FBS Ed. Notes on the Chemical Reaction in the British species of Pertusaria. IN preparing my ' Lichen-Flora of Great Britain ' I have ..."

3. Genera Lichenum: An Arrangement of the North American Lichens by Edward Tuckerman (1872)
"Scarcely less clear is it that if Pertusaria thus reverts to Lecanora, the latter, for its part, is not without anomalies anticipatory of Pertusaria. ..."

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