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).