WIS : Lichens
University of Wisconsin-Madison Herbarium, Lichens
Catalog #:
WIS-L-0110885
Taxon:
Usnea torulosa (Müll.Arg.) Zahlbr.
Family: Parmeliaceae
Family: Parmeliaceae
Determiner: W.A. Weber (1968)
Collector:
W.A. Weber; D. McVean s.n.
Date: 1968-01-04
Verbatim Date: 1968-1-4
Locality:
Australia, New South Wales, Lower slopes of ridges Ramshead Range just east of crossing of Spencers Creek between Perisher Valley and Charlotte Pass; abundant on tops and sides of huge granite boulders in open grass and shrub communities below the Eucalyptus niphophylla groves, e
Elevation:
1650 meters
Verbatim Elevation:
5500 feet
Habitat:
Abundant on tops and sides of huge granite boulders in open grass and shrub communities below Eucalyptus niphophylla groves; extremely abundant throughout the subalpine and alpine zones; granite
Occurrence Remarks:
Approximate topotype. Mueller-Arg. reported the type collection to be corticolous, Motyka "possibly saxicolous". In my experience the species is wholly saxicolous
Usage Rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Record Id: e2b249ff-6002-4f66-a992-60dc36fbc162
Occurrence ID (GUID):
780ead98-ef3f-4483-9879-530137e1bd03
For additional information on this occurrence, please contact:
Kenneth M. Cameron (kmcameron@wisc.edu)
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