Shirley C. Tucker Herbarium at Louisiana State University (LSU:Lichens)
LSU00189512
13f83c31-4c5c-4f22-8a06-c77d95419cee
112073
Buellia straminea Tuck.
Caliciaceae
William A. Weber
s.n.
1983-01-05
5 Jan 1983
Hans Beck
Ecuador, Galápagos, Isla Santiago. Along the shore opposite Sombrero Chino
-0.366762 -90.585799 +-653m. WGS84
Isla Santiago, Galapagos, on the SE shore across from Sombrero Chino island; unc. extended to extent of Sombrero Chino island
Pioneering, with Roccella galapagosensis, on semiconsolidated tufa forming a small brown cone surrounded by pahoëhoë lava. Steep face evidently saturated during the El Niño of 1982 and subject to much sliding. Thalli mostly juvenile, vegetative, but dominating on the harder particles. Entire cone covered by only these two species.