Determiner: updated with Esslinger, T.L. 2016. NA Lichen Checklist Version (#21) 15 November 2016 (2017)
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Collector:
H. H. Iltis; D. Ugent 2782
Date: 1962-12-19
Locality:
Peru, Apurimac, Prov. Abancay. At km 18 from Abancay on Cuzco road, ca 6 km. NNW (by air).
Elevation:
3050 meters
(10004ft)
Habitat:
Very steep, damp moss-lichen covered CLOUD FOREST of large shrubs and stunted small trees with mostly evergreen leaves (a secondary community heavily disturbed by grazing & cutting) now being converted to field ( 55° slope !). With Embotrium grandiflorum (Proteaceae) Gaultheria brachybotrys, Eupatorium spp., Baccharis buxifolia, etc.