alectoria

English Thesaurus

1. lichens having dark brown erect or pendulous much-branched cylindrical thallus (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	fungus genus,
definition	:	includes lichen genera (noun.plant)

member holonym	:	horsehair lichen, horsetail lichen,
definition	:	any of several lichens of the genus Alectoria having a thallus consisting of filaments resembling hair (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	family usneaceae, usneaceae,
definition	:	fruticose lichens having prostrate or erect or pendulous thalli: genera Usnea, Evernia, Ramalina, Alectoria (noun.plant)