University of Wisconsin-Madison Herbarium, Lichens
Catalog #:
WIS-L-0095454
Taxon:
cf. Rhizoplaca subdiscrepans (Nyl.) R. Sant. Family: Lecanoraceae
Determiner: Bruce Ryan (1987)
Collector:
H. H. Iltis; J. C. Coffey, M. F. Denton, I. M. Krasnoborov 52
Date: 1979-06-28
Locality:
Russian Federation, BUKHTA PESCHANAYA ("Sandy Bay") a vacation settlement on LAKE BAIKAL, at the base of the Primorskii Range, ca. 90 km NE of mouth of Angara River.
52.366667 105.833333
Verbatim Coordinates:
52° 22' N 105° 50' E
Elevation:
450-550 meters
(1476-1804ft)
Habitat:
Sunny, arid, SE-facing steep slope of bare windblown dune sands, gravel, scree fields, and rock outcrops of decomposing "granite with bare soil steppe and "desert" vegetation of Oxytropis (coeruleus?), Festuca, Carex monosperma, Phlojodicarpus popovii, Alyssum obovatum, Chamaerhodos grandiflora, Ephedra, Scrophularia incisa, Thymus serpyllum, Orostachys spinosa, Polygonatum officinale, Rhaponticum uniflorum; over Aspicilia cinerea and Acarospora sp.
Occurrence Remarks:
South Central SIBERIA (Region of LAKE BAIKAL); (Note: This area is a designated "zakaznik," i.e., a nature reserve where limited economic use is allowed provided it is carefully controlled and is not injurious to its special scientific features.)