WIS : Lichens
University of Wisconsin-Madison Herbarium, Lichens
Catalog #: WIS-L-0106658
Taxon: Peltigera polydactylon (Necker) Hoffm.
Family: Peltigeraceae
Determiner: J. W. Thomson, Jr. (s.d.)
ID Remarks: determiner based on handwriting
Collector: H. H. Iltis; C. M. Iltis, D. Ugent   3137   
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: ff819d43-bad3-4dac-a141-d7a34c874a16
Occurrence ID (GUID): 5ccdc5c1-8a90-4255-a284-2b0d76c0a4d7
For additional information on this occurrence, please contact: Kenneth M. Cameron (kmcameron@wisc.edu)
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