University of Wisconsin-Madison Herbarium, Lichens
Catalog #:
WIS-L-0126429
Taxon:Cryptothecia candida (Kremp.) R. Sant. Family: Arthoniaceae
Determiner: R. Lüicking (1991)
Collector:
R. Lücking 91-1582
Date: 1991-09-00
Verbatim Date: 1991-9
Locality:
Costa Rica, Heredia, La Selva protection zone (O.T.S. - Organization for Tropical Studies); about 60 km N of San Jose at the northern border of the Braulio Carrillo National Park
10.433333 -84.05
Verbatim Coordinates:
10° 26' N 84° 03' W
Elevation:
50-100 meters
Verbatim Elevation:
50-100m
Habitat:
atlantic lowland; tropical lowland rain forest zone; primary and anthropogenic vegetation on "Arboleda"-trail; on leaves of undetermined Araceae. -
Occurrence Remarks:
specimens are partly attacked by the parasymbiont or parasite Arthonia cryptotheciae R.SANT. nom.nud. (SANTESSON R., Symb. Bot. Ups. 12: 66, 75. 1952)