ID Remarks:
determiner assumed to be the collector; date approximate
Collector:
H. H. Iltis; Don Ugent 1401
Date: 1963-01-13
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).