horsetail lichen

English Thesaurus

1. any of several lichens of the genus Alectoria having a thallus consisting of filaments resembling hair (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	lichen,
definition	:	any thallophytic plant of the division Lichenes; occur as crusty patches or bushy growths on tree trunks or rocks or bare ground etc. (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	alectoria, genus alectoria,
definition	:	lichens having dark brown erect or pendulous much-branched cylindrical thallus (noun.plant)