Physarum atacamense D. Wrigley, Lado & Estrada, Mycologia

Treviño-Zevallos, Italo, García-Cunchillos, Iván, Basanta, Diana Wrigley De & Lado, Carlos, 2023, Diversity of Myxomycetes from Peru Part III: The high Andes and the altiplano, Phytotaxa 624 (1), pp. 1-92 : 57

111. Physarum atacamense D. Wrigley, Lado & Estrada, Mycologia 104(5):1207 (2012)

Specimen examined. PERU. Huancavelica: Tayacaja, Huando, 4 km southeast of Izcuchaca , 3035 m, 12°30′35” S, 74°58′43” W, 24 Sep 2012, Puya sp. leaf bases, (mc, 02 Oct 2013, pH 7.62), dwb 3618 .

Notes. A species described from the Atacama desert in Chile and previously recorded from the coastal arid lands of Peru ( Lado et al. 2016) and the arid bordering zones of the “cardonal” ( Lado et al. 2019). The species has a better distribution and abundance on the coast since in habitats located at higher elevations (over 1,500 m), it has only been recorded in a couple of localities, including this collection.