WIS : Lichens
University of Wisconsin-Madison Herbarium, Lichens
Catalog #: WIS-L-0149127
Taxon: Teloschistes peruensis (Ach.) J.W. Thomson
Family: Teloschistaceae
Determiner: J. W. Thomson (s.d.)
Collector: Hugh H. Iltis; Don Ugent   1800   
Date: 1963-01-13
Verbatim Date: Jan. 13, 1963
Locality: Peru, Arequipa, Camana, Camana; Just NE of Lomas de Camana, 15 km in from Pacific Ocean, 25 km ENE of Camana (km 153 on Arequipa road).
Elevation: 900 meters (2952ft)
Habitat: Just NE of fog zone. Extensive lichen community in otherwise completely plantless gently rolling coastal desert ("Pampa del Toro"?). A) Large clumps lichen 2-5 cm diam. lying loose on coarse sand (the orange Teloschistes peruensis and Anaptychia neoleucomelaena f. squarrosa). B) Small crustose lichens on minor flat meandering depressions of fine sand-mud, in A. (Buellia auriculata, Solenopsora requieni).
Disposition: Oversize
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Owner: University of Wisconsin - Madison (WIS)
Record Id: c9844100-0120-47f0-8cb6-3f609b0d6e4e
Occurrence ID (GUID): 18437c20-0304-45c9-a6f6-7280d5247ebe
For additional information on this occurrence, please contact: Kenneth M. Cameron (kmcameron@wisc.edu)
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