Parella, a name given to some of those crustaceous lichens which are used to produce Archil, Cudbear, and Litmus, but which more strictly belongs to one species, Lecanora parella, and the red or crimson dye prepared from it.
Parella
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 7: Maltebrun to Pearson, p. 760
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