Lecidea pyrrhomelaena (Tuck.) Tuck.

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Brazil

• State/Province

  Amazonas

• Locality

  highway between Humaitá and Porto Velho, 60km. S. of Humaitá, at crossing of São João stream, 1 - 5km. N. of highway

• Coordinates

  -8, -63

• Location Notes

  [South America]

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

PROGRAMA FLORA
Projeto Flora Amazónica
THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZONIA
Plants of Brazilian Amazonia
Lichen-crust Blatora pyrrhomelaena Tuck.
Highway between Humaita and Porto Velho; 60km.
S. of Humaita, at crossing of Sao Joao stream;
1 - 5km. N. of highway. Virgin forest w/ open
canopy; developed on ‘clayey-loam soil; low
species diversity. Affinity with ’’mata de
campinarana”; 8 S 63°W.
On trunk of living Rubiaceae, mesic, partial
shade.
Plants collected under the joint sponsorship of the National Science Foundation Latin-
* American collaborative program and the Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico
\ e Tecnológico in collaboration with the Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazénia-
No. 4030
Amazonas
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
Alan J. Fife, K.D. McFarland,
L.A. Teixiera, B.W. Nelson, J.L. dos Santos,
C.D. dos Moia, S.P. Gomes
04668700
May 4. ^82
Manaus.
04668700
PLANT HABIT: pendent, tuf^w^£t/ erect^dendrQid*,|. ^
VEG. TYPE : canopy7 closed/Oj>en;/fores$ shrub, . herb]ag.e9us, / Q‘Q
savannah, grassiancf, aquatic, other?’’'
LIGHT: full 'sun, partiaf^adej full shade >v ‘
WATER: dry, Aesff) moist-p-wetr, subn®eg^. |Jp	.4^.?
TOPOG: ridge/~sTope, valley, level area;- river, Strea^^ond,
swamp, in water/on bank;
ledge (upper-middle-lower); hummock; subject to flooding,.
SUBSTRATE:	ife:-?'':-.
SOIL: gravel, sand, clay,	tfein soil over I’gtjc.or ' j'.i
boulder, laterite;	basic, circumn&t., acidic.-
ROCK: isolated boulder, stonl-wali, Jtorizontal/vttrcl^l(upper-
middle-lower)/beneathp^eV;i:ce; basic, silifceoirs. ,
(PHOROPHATE; on \bark/waod o#®|^fiead:. tre^ (monocot, dicotV ,
gymnosperm, fern) shru|, ‘liana; on leaves/branches/trunk, v."
- at_m, on roots/sttmM^Pper/vertical/iower surface.» . ^
LOG: standing/fallen, decorj^P^d, decaying, rotten,
upper/Vertical/lower sfpace* at ,v.ca.
EXPOSURE: N S E' W	I;	ELEVATION	m.
SUBSTRATE IDENTITY AND NOTES: