WIS : Lichens
University of Wisconsin-Madison Herbarium, Lichens
Catalog #: WIS-L-0106130
Taxon: Hypotrachyna costaricensis (Nyl.) Hale
Family: Parmeliaceae
Determiner: updated (s.d.)
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Collector: H. H. Iltis; C. M. Iltis   3100   
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 & 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).
Occurrence Remarks: [with map]
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Owner: University of Wisconsin - Madison (WIS)
Owner: University of Wisconsin - Madison (WIS)
Record Id: 896b83b5-8f51-44c4-8480-98c499ad58a2
Occurrence ID (GUID): 3b54e4f6-e5df-4ba3-89df-dc9c1ffec8a4
For additional information on this occurrence, please contact: Kenneth M. Cameron (kmcameron@wisc.edu)
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