University of Wisconsin-Madison Herbarium, Lichens
Catalog #:
WIS-L-0106139
Taxon:Hypotrachyna costaricensis (Nyl.) Hale Family: Parmeliaceae
Determiner: updated (s.d.)
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Collector:
H. H. Iltis; C. M. Iltis 2997
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).