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Lichenography :: Lichenography (n.) A description of lichens; the science which illustrates the natural history of lichens.

Evernic :: Evernic (a.) Pertaining to Evernia, a genus of lichens; as, evernic acid..

Rhizine :: Rhizine (n.) A rootlike filament or hair growing from the stems of mosses or on lichens; a rhizoid.

Lichenographist :: Lichenographist (n.) One who describes lichens; one versed in lichenography.

Cetrarin :: Cetrarin (n.) A white substance extracted from the lichen, Iceland moss (Cetraria Islandica). It consists of several ingredients, among which is cetraric acid, a white, crystalline, bitter substance..

Frond :: Frond (n.) The organ formed by the combination or union into one body of stem and leaf, and often bearing the fructification; as, the frond of a fern or of a lichen or seaweed; also, the peculiar leaf of a palm tree..

Lichenographical :: Lichenographical (a.) Of or pertaining to lichenography.

Cup-moss :: Cup-moss (n.) A kind of lichen, of the genus Cladonia..

Apothecium :: Apothecium (n.) The ascigerous fructification of lichens, forming masses of various shapes..

Lichenologist :: Lichenologist (n.) One versed in lichenology.

Roccellic :: Roccellic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, a dibasic acid of the oxalic series found in archil (Roccella tinctoria, etc.), and other lichens, and extracted as a white crystalline substance C17H32O4..

Mycose :: Mycose (n.) A variety of sugar, isomeric with sucrose and obtained from certain lichens and fungi. Called also trehalose..

Lichenographic :: Lichenographic (a.) Alt. of Lichenographica.

Excipulum :: Excipulum (n.) The outer part of the fructification of most lichens.

Lirella :: Lirella (n.) A linear apothecium furrowed along the middle; the fruit of certain lichens.

Scyphus :: Scyphus (n.) A cup-shaped stem or podetium in lichens. Also called scypha. See Illust. of Cladonia pyxidata, under Lichen..

Litmus :: Litmus (n.) A dyestuff extracted from certain lichens (Roccella tinctoria, Lecanora tartarea, etc.), as a blue amorphous mass which consists of a compound of the alkaline carbonates with certain coloring matters related to orcin and orcein..

Perithecium :: Perithecium (n.) An organ in certain fungi and lichens, surrounding and enveloping the masses of fructification..

Gonimous :: Gonimous (a.) Pertaining to, or containing, gonidia or gonimia, as that part of a lichen which contains the green or chlorophyll-bearing cells..

Lichenous :: Lichenous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, lichens; abounding in lichens; covered with lichens..

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