beard moss

English

Beard moss (Usnea lapponica) on a tree. Murmansk Oblast, Russia.

beard moss (usually uncountable, plural beard mosses)

Any of several lichens, of the genus Usnea, that generally grow hanging from tree branches, resembling grey or greenish hair.

lichen of the genus Usnea

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