We found 2 definitions of usneaceae from 2 different sources.
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usneaceae - fruticose lichens having prostrate or erect or pendulous thalli: genera Usnea, Evernia, Ramalina, Alectoria | ||
family Usneaceae | ||
fungus family includes lichen families | ||
division lichenes, lichenes comprising the lichens which grow symbiotically with algae; sometimes treated as an independent group more or less coordinate with algae and fungi | ||
genus usnea, usnea widely distributed lichens usually having a greyish or yellow pendulous freely branched thallus | ||
evernia, genus evernia lichens of the family Usneaceae having a pendulous or shrubby thallus | ||
genus ramalina, ramalina shrubby lichens of the family Usneaceae having a flattened thallus |