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  • proper noun A taxonomic genus within the family Tyrannidae.

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Examples

  • This is an important area that holds other restricted range species such as Grey-backed Tachuri Polystictus superciliaris and Pale-throated Pampa-finch Embernagra longicauda.

    Archive 2007-10-01 2007

  • Sandan is very susceptible to heart rot (Fomes caryopnhylla), buff brown pocket rot (Polystictus nilgheriensis) and white spongy rot

    Chapter 10 1996

  • Sandan is very susceptible to heart rot (Fomes caryopnhylla), buff brown pocket rot (Polystictus nilgheriensis) and white spongy rot

    Chapter 44 1990

  • There was for several years a drive near this tree, and the wheels of vehicles cut into the roots of the tree on this side, and probably so injured it as to kill a portion and give this fungus and another one (_Polystictus pergamenus_) a start, and later they have slowly encroached on the side of the tree.

    Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. George Francis Atkinson 1886

  • = Polystictus pergamenus = Fr., is another common one growing on wood of various trees.

    Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. George Francis Atkinson 1886

  • Many of the thin and pliant species of _Polyporus_ are separated by some into the genus = Polystictus =.

    Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. George Francis Atkinson 1886

  • One very pretty species is the = Polystictus perennis = Fr. This grows on the ground and has a central stem.

    Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. George Francis Atkinson 1886

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