Definition of Evernia

1. Noun. Lichens of the family Usneaceae having a pendulous or shrubby thallus.

Exact synonyms: Genus Evernia
Generic synonyms: Fungus Genus
Group relationships: Family Usneaceae, Usneaceae

Lexicographical Neighbors of Evernia

Evelyn
Evelyn Arthur Saint John Waugh
Evelyn Waugh
Even
Evening Prayer
Evenk
Evenki
Evens
Everard
Everest
Everett
Everglade State
Everglades
Everglades National Park
Evergreen State
Evernia (current term)
Evers
Everton
Evertonian
Eves
Evette
Evie
Evil One
Evita
Ewan
Ewart
Ewart's procedure
Ewart's sign
Ewe
Ewen

Literary usage of Evernia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Magazine of Horticulture, Botany, and All Useful Discoveries and by C M Hovey (1852)
"Now was every twig garlanded with Par- melia physodes, var. enteromorpha, and with Evernia fur- ... Evernia ..."

2. Genera Lichenum: An Arrangement of the North American Lichens by Edward Tuckerman (1872)
"Evernia (max. p.) Schwend. Untersuch. 1. c. 2, p. 157, t. 4, f. 13-15, t. ... may be said perhaps to be still in question between Cetraria and Evernia. ..."

3. Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany by Sir William Jackson Hooker (1856)
"Evernia vulpina, Ach., California (and which may be seen on the bark of the Mammoth Tree of ... Evernia prunastri, Ach. 55. Evernia furfuracea, Mann. 56. ..."

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