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Definition of Genus Lecanora
1. Noun. Type genus of Lecanoraceae; crustaceous lichens.
Group relationships: Family Lecanoraceae, Lecanoraceae
Member holonyms: Lecanora, Archil, Orchil
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Lecanora
Literary usage of Genus Lecanora
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Botanical Gazette by University of Chicago, JSTOR (Organization) (1896)
"The forms studied were Cordyceps clavu- lata (Schw), Ellis on scale insects of
the genus Lecanora C. militai is (L.) Lk., ..."
2. English Botany; Or, Coloured Figures of British Plants [&c.] by James Sowerby, Charles Johnson, James Edward Smith (1843)
"Hence the genus Lecanora is cavilled at by some botanists as not being sufficiently
distinguished from Parmelia in the following series ; while the species ..."
3. The English Cyclopaedia by Charles Knight (1867)
"... to bo treated of here, whilst the terms Moss and Rock-Moss are applied to the
Crustaceous Lichens belonging to the genus Lecanora, which include the ..."
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