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Definition of Beard lichen
1. Noun. Greenish grey pendulous lichen growing on trees.
Generic synonyms: Lichen
Group relationships: Genus Usnea, Usnea
Lexicographical Neighbors of Beard Lichen
Literary usage of Beard lichen
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Textbook of Botany for Colleges and Universities by John Merle Coulter, Charles Reid Barnes, Henry Chandler Cowles (1911)
"A cross section of a stem of the beard lichen (Usnea barbata) at the point of
origin of a branch (s), the latter being shown in longitudinal section; c, ..."
2. A Text-book of Botany by Eduard Strasburger (1898)
"One of the commonest species of fruticose Lichens belonging to this group is
Usnea barbata, the beard lichen, frequently occurring on trees and having large ..."
3. The Clinical Journal (1893)
"... sometimes causing Ringworm of the Scalp, but invariably causing Ringworm of
the Beard. Lichen Planus. The patient, a strong healthy man, a gardener from ..."
4. Strasburger's Text-book of Botany by Eduard Strasburger, Hans Fitting (1921)
"... the beard lichen, frequently occurring on trees and having large fringed
apothecia (Fig. 424). ..."
5. The Natural History of Plants: Their Forms, Growth, Reproduction, and by Anton Kerner Von Marilaun (1902)
"Here are included many elegant and well-known forms, including Usnea barbata,
the Old Man's beard lichen, which hangs in long tassels and festoons from the ..."
6. Adventure Guide Scandinavia by Henrik Berezin (2006)
"Perhaps the most extraordinary plant in the woods is the beard-lichen, shown at
right. It grows on spruce trees and looks, as the name indicates, ..."
7. A Text-book of Mycology and Plant Pathology by John William Harshberger (1917)
"... 477; trifolii, 502 Usnea barbata, mechanic tissues of, 81; the beard lichen,
83 Ustilaginaceae, characters of family, 178 Ustilago avenae, figures of, ..."
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