WIS : Lichens
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).
Occurrence Remarks: [with map]
Disposition: Oversize
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Owner: University of Wisconsin - Madison (WIS)
Record Id: 7d75bade-182e-48d7-92eb-ffc4526b967d
Occurrence ID (GUID): ce3f0ea3-d396-4e31-9c87-adba7aa49053
For additional information on this occurrence, please contact: Kenneth M. Cameron (kmcameron@wisc.edu)
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