Definition of Genus lecanora

1. Noun. Type genus of Lecanoraceae; crustaceous lichens.

Generic synonyms: Fungus Genus
Group relationships: Family Lecanoraceae, Lecanoraceae
Member holonyms: Lecanora, Archil, Orchil

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Lecanora

genus Larrea
genus Larus
genus Lasiocampa
genus Lasiurus
genus Lasthenia
genus Lastreopsis
genus Lathyrus
genus Latimeria
genus Latrodectus
genus Laurus
genus Lavandula
genus Lavatera
genus Layia
genus Lebistes
genus Lecanopteris
genus Lecanora
genus Leccinum
genus Ledum
genus Leiopelma
genus Leiophyllum
genus Leipoa
genus Leishmania
genus Leitneria
genus Lemaireocereus
genus Lemna
genus Lemur
genus Lens
genus Lentinus
genus Leonotis
genus Leontideus

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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