WIS : Lichens
University of Wisconsin-Madison Herbarium, Lichens
Catalog #: WIS-L-0051905
Taxon: Heterodermia leucomela (L.) Poelt
Family: Physciaceae
Determiner: updated with Esslinger, T.L. 2016. NA Lichen Checklist Version (#21) 15 November 2016 (2017)
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Collector: H. H. Iltis; C. M. Iltis   2980   
Date: 1963-01-03
Locality: Peru, Cuzco, PRov. Urubamba. RUINAS DE MACHU PICCHU, high above Rio Urubamba, 80 km WNW of Cuzco.
Elevation: 2500-2600 meters (8200-8528ft)
Habitat: A) Sunny lichen-covered rock rock piles, terraces & cliffs ruins. B) Weedy thickets at Hotel Turistas (Solanum spp., Triumfetta). C) Cool moist shrubby cloud forest remnants on nearly vertical rocky slopes at base of Huayna Picchu, just NW of ruins (Many ferns,lichens, Ericads, Gesneriads).
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Owner: University of Wisconsin - Madison (WIS)
Record Id: 7c9a02b4-216e-48ce-8bf6-3860be174016
Occurrence ID (GUID): f555a02f-55ed-4f96-9985-1e0a8710e73b
For additional information on this occurrence, please contact: Kenneth M. Cameron (kmcameron@wisc.edu)
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