University of Wisconsin-Madison Herbarium, Lichens
Catalog #:
WIS-L-0106326
Taxon:Leprocaulon albicans (Th. Fr.) Nyl. ex Hue Family: Lecanoromycetes, genera incertae sedis
Determiner: I. M. Lamb (3/1993)
Collector:
D. Ugent; V. Ugent, G. Albornoz s.n.
Date: 1963-07-10
Locality:
Ecuador, Cotopaxi, Volcan Cotopaxi. A) Above Limpio Pamba. B) Pedregal-Tambo, near Hda. Yacu-Tambo. C) Canal de Riego
-0.616667 -78.433333
Verbatim Coordinates:
0° 37' S 78° 26' W
Elevation:
3415-3781 meters
(11201-12402ft)
Habitat:
A) under large over-hanging boulders of a rocky almost vertical cliff and along the upper margins of its talus slope, with Solanum paucijugum, Castillera, Stipa, Cerastium, Lupinus, and many ferns. B) Rocky flat grassland along a small stream, with Lycopodium, Epilobium, Gentiana, and Castilleja. C) moist wooded quebrada