Genera within a family

Family: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
COLLEMATACEAE (La)
A Family of Lichens()
collis, = high ground, a hill; a chain of mountains; collare, = a band or chain for the neck; a collar; mater, = a mother; a producing cause, origin, source. mattus, matus, = drunk, intoxicated.
(ld)
LEPTOGIUM (G)
Lichen()
leptos, = peeled, cleaned of the husks: - hence, generally, thin, fine, slender, delicate: or thin, lean, meagre; slightly:subtly; (slender, thin, narrow) ge, gea, geo-, = earth, land; -ium, = characteristic of, resemblance.
(LS, BL)