WIS : Lichens
University of Wisconsin-Madison Herbarium, Lichens
Catalog #:
WIS-L-0107743
Taxon:
Teloschistes peruensis (Ach.) J.W. Thomson
Family: Teloschistaceae
Family: Teloschistaceae
Determiner: J. W. Thomson, Jr. (s.d.)
ID Remarks:
determiner based on handwriting
Collector:
H. H. Iltis; Don Ugent 1800
Date: 1963-01-13
Verbatim Date: 1963-1-13
Locality:
Peru, Arequipa, Prov. Camana; coastal desert ("Pampa del Toro"?) just NE of fog zone (Lomas de Camana), 15 km in from Pacific Ocean, 25 km ENE of CAMANA (km 153 on Arequipa road.)
Elevation:
900 meters
(2952ft)
Habitat:
Extensive Lichen community in otherwise completely plantless gently rolling coastal desert. A) Large clumps lichen 2-5 dm diam- lying loose on coarse sand (the orange Teloschistes peruensis and Anaptvchia neoleucomelaena f. squarrosa). B) Small crustose lichens on minor meandering depressions of fine sand-mud, in A. (Buellia auriculata, Solenopsora requieni).
Occurrence Remarks:
[with map]
Usage Rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Record Id: a1f57082-c8d0-411c-9e20-e70b04ba4f5c
Occurrence ID (GUID):
e3ee853e-ec0f-48db-a418-70e32be62999
For additional information on this occurrence, please contact:
Kenneth M. Cameron (kmcameron@wisc.edu)
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