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Definition of Pertusaria
1. Noun. Crustose lichens that are a source of the dye archil and of litmus.
Generic synonyms: Fungus Genus
Group relationships: Family Pertusariaceae, Pertusariaceae
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pertusaria
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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