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Definition of Lecanora
1. Noun. Any lichen of the genus Lecanora; some used in dyeing; some used for food.
Group relationships: Genus Lecanora
Specialized synonyms: Manna Lichen, Archil, Orchil
Definition of Lecanora
1. a lichen [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lecanora
Literary usage of Lecanora
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Plant Life of Alabama: An Account of the Distribution, Modes of Association by Charles Theodore Mohr (1901)
"Ach. lecanora Ach. Carolinian and Alleghenian areas, and Boreal region. ...
North to New Jersey, New England, Minn, sm and Canada. Europe. lecanora ..."
2. Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories by Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden (1873)
"lecanora rubina, Ach., var. opaca, Ach—The specimens of ... lecanora subfusca,
Ach.—On stones and dead wood. (28.) lecanora varia, Fr.—On dead wood. (29. ..."
3. Report of the Geological Survey of Ohio by Geological Survey of Ohio (1893)
"ATA Ach Champaign Co., Miss II. J. Biddlecome. lecanora ... Frequent on trunks,
especially chestnut. lecanora PAU. ..."
4. Dublin Quarterly Journal of Science by Samuel Haughton (1865)
"On the specimen is a form of lecanora subfusca, and a parasite (I think fungoid)
with ... lecanora cerina (Ach.). Demesne, Armagh, on young trees. ..."
5. Synopsis of the Flora of Colorado by Thomas Conrad Porter, John Merle Coulter (1874)
"lecanora STRAMINEA, Wahl.—A small, infertile fragment. (22. ... lecanora 1 A very
small and imperfect specimen, belonging lecanora SUBFUSCA, Ach. (26. ..."
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