Myxacorys sp.

Atacama Desert, Chile. slope 19°. Sandy hill with evident algal crust. Microcoleus, Leptolyngbya, Nostoc, Klebsormidium, Ettlia, Stichococcus, Deasonia, and many other greens.

Atacama Desert, Chile. slope 19°. Sandy hill with evident algal crust. Microcoleus, Leptolyngbya, Nostoc, Klebsormidium, Ettlia, Stichococcus, Deasonia, and many other greens.

Atacama Desert, Chile. slope 19°. Sandy hill with evident algal crust. Microcoleus, Leptolyngbya, Nostoc, Klebsormidium, Ettlia, Stichococcus, Deasonia, and many other greens.

Atacama Desert, Chile. slope 19°. Sandy hill with evident algal crust. Microcoleus, Leptolyngbya, Nostoc, Klebsormidium, Ettlia, Stichococcus, Deasonia, and many other greens.

Atacama Desert, Chile. slope~45° Site on the way to Las Lomitas in Pan de Azucar. Coarse sandy soil present, with few plants, lichens ,and small rocks. Samples collected on the side of a small hill. Plants only present in the wash, hills have no plants.

Atacama Desert, Chile. slope 6°. Soft, sandy surface with really good crust. Lichens present. Vascular plants present include: Eucelia and Nolana. Leptolyngbya, Microcoleus, Chroococcidiopsis, Trebouxia, Desmococcus, Myrmecia, and Diplosphaeria.

Atacama Desert, Chile. slope 19°. Sandy hill with evident algal crust. Microcoleus, Leptolyngbya, Nostoc, Klebsormidium, Ettlia, Stichococcus, Deasonia, and many other greens.