WIS : Lichens
University of Wisconsin-Madison Herbarium, Lichens
Catalog #: WIS-L-0106561
Taxon: Peltigera collina (Ach.) Schrader
Family: Peltigeraceae
Determiner: J. W. Thomson, Jr. (s.d.)
ID Remarks: determiner based on handwriting
Collector: H. H. Iltis; C. M. Iltis   3179   
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)
Record Id: fade1e3a-83e9-4a07-a845-e376712cf9a8
Occurrence ID (GUID): b12da122-b9e9-41b0-ae92-66fb65d12b32
For additional information on this occurrence, please contact: Kenneth M. Cameron (kmcameron@wisc.edu)
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