genus alectoria

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   lichens having dark brown erect or pendulous much-branched cylindrical thallus

   SynonymsAlectoria

   Broaderfungus genus

   Part ofUsneaceae

Questions about genus alectoria

What does genus alectoria mean?

genus alectoria means "lichens having dark brown erect or pendulous much-branched cylindrical thallus".

What is another word for genus alectoria?

Close synonyms include Alectoria. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus alectoria a common word?

genus alectoria is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.