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Definition of Evernia
1. Noun. Lichens of the family Usneaceae having a pendulous or shrubby thallus.
Generic synonyms: Fungus Genus
Group relationships: Family Usneaceae, Usneaceae
Lexicographical Neighbors of Evernia
Literary usage of Evernia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Magazine of Horticulture, Botany, and All Useful Discoveries and by C M Hovey (1852)
"Now was every twig garlanded with Par- melia physodes, var. enteromorpha, and
with evernia fur- ... evernia ..."
2. Genera Lichenum: An Arrangement of the North American Lichens by Edward Tuckerman (1872)
"evernia (max. p.) Schwend. Untersuch. 1. c. 2, p. 157, t. 4, f. 13-15, t. ...
may be said perhaps to be still in question between Cetraria and evernia. ..."
3. Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany by Sir William Jackson Hooker (1856)
"evernia vulpina, Ach., California (and which may be seen on the bark of the
Mammoth Tree of ... evernia prunastri, Ach. 55. evernia furfuracea, Mann. 56. ..."
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