WIS : Lichens
University of Wisconsin-Madison Herbarium, Lichens
Catalog #: WIS-L-0080932
Taxon: Pseudocyphellaria aurata (Ach.) Vain.
Family: Lobariaceae
Determiner: J. W. Thomson, Jr. (s.d.)
ID Remarks: determiner based on handwriting
Collector: H. H. Iltis; C. M. Iltis   3150   
Date: 1963-01-03
Locality: Peru, Cuzco, Prov. Urubamba. RUINAS DE MACHU PICCHU, high above Rio Urubamba, 80 km WNW of Cuzco.
Elevation: 2500-2600 meters (8200-8528ft)
Habitat: A) Sunny lichen-covered rock walls, rock piles, terraces and cliffs at M. P. ruins. B) Weedy thickets at Hotel Turistas (Solanum spp., Triumfetta). C) Cool moist shrubby cloud forest remnants on nearly vertical rocky slopes at base of Huayna Picchu, just NW of ruins (Many ferns, lichens, Ericads, Gesneriads ).
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Owner: University of Wisconsin - Madison (WIS)
Owner: University of Wisconsin - Madison (WIS)
Owner: University of Wisconsin - Madison (WIS)
Owner: University of Wisconsin - Madison (WIS)
Record Id: 75df7c7b-058c-4e45-9837-b65f8b2eb763
Occurrence ID (GUID): 1793cfe7-47c7-46eb-8cff-7b5ebb11efd4
For additional information on this occurrence, please contact: Kenneth M. Cameron (kmcameron@wisc.edu)
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