University of Wisconsin-Madison Herbarium, Lichens
Catalog #:
WIS-L-0095640
Taxon:Parmotrema cetratum (Ach.) Hale Family: Parmeliaceae
Determiner: updated with Esslinger, T.L. 2016. NA Lichen Checklist Version (#21) 15 November 2016 (2017)
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Collector:
H. H. Iltis; C. M. Iltis, D. Ugent, V. Ugent 3126
Date: 1963-01-03
Verbatim Date: 1963-1-3
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 & 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).