Moss Spelling Dictionary

pseudevarnia, corrected

heard as pseudevarnia

spelled pseudevernia

Pseudevernia. The stressed syllable is vern, with an e.

What the ear did

An r after a vowel swallows it: vern, varn and vurn are hard to tell apart in speech. The e belongs to Evernia, the genus this one is named against, so it stays.

Sound decision: an unstressed vowel blurring. Said soo-de-VER-nee-uh.

P-S-E-U-D-E-V-E-R-N-I-A

The full entry for pseudevernia covers the name itself.

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