Shirley C. Tucker Herbarium at Louisiana State University (LSU:Lichens)
LSU00196835
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Trypethelium aeneum (Eschw.) Zahlbr.
Trypetheliaceae
G. Follmann (s.d.)
Gerhard Follmann
s.n.
1994-03-00
(III/1994)
B. C. Werner
Ecuador, Tungurahua, Cordillera Llaganates, upper course of Río Pastaza between Baños and Mera.
-1.411203 -78.238417 +-7827m. WGS84
midpoint (road miles) along road between Mera and Banos, Tungurahua; unc. half distance between
1700 meters
1700 m
Lower montane rain forest.
On hardwood shrubs (e.g. Melastomataceae, Rubiaceae) covering precipitous rocky slopes interrupted by many runnels and cascades, forming almost monotypic crusts all around older branches.