University of Wisconsin-Madison Herbarium, Lichens
Catalog #:
WIS-L-0037593
Taxon:Acarospora fuscescens H. Magn. Family: Acarosporaceae
Determiner: A.H. Magnusson
ID Remarks:
Magnusson on duplicate specimen; Weber in 1959 considers A. fuscescens a highly eroded form of A. bulllata
Collector:
Sam Shushan; W. A. Weber S 5243
Date: 1955-05-12
Locality:
United States, Colorado, Mesa, north end of Colorado National Monument, about 3 miles south of Fruita, on sandstone hogbacks at mouth of Fruita Canyon
39.115381 -108.728988 +-9640m.
Georeference Remarks:
Distance South of FRUITA
Elevation:
1402 meters
Verbatim Elevation:
4600 feet
Habitat:
Pinus edulis-Juniperus osteosperma community on sandstone hogbacks at mouth of Fruita Canyon; Sandstone