Osorio-Santos K.

Atacama Desert, Chile. slope 17°, Sample taken just below Micayah. Algal crust with plants. Sandy, rock surface. Fine soil. Microcoleus.

Atacama Desert, Chile. slope 4°. A stream in a canyon. A lot of plants and large rocks. Sample taken from soil near water flow. Pampus grass present. Cyanobacteria and green algae isolated from water.

Atacama Desert, Chile. slope 17°, Sample taken just below Micayah. Algal crust with plants. Sandy, rock surface. Fine soil. Microcoleus.

Atacama Desert, Chile. slope 17°, Sample taken just below Micayah. Algal crust with plants. Sandy, rock surface. Fine soil. Microcoleus.

Atacama Desert, Chile. slope 4°. A stream in a canyon. A lot of plants and large rocks. Sample taken from soil near water flow. Pampus grass present. Cyanobacteria and green algae isolated from water.

Atacama Desert, Chile. slope 4°. A stream in a canyon. A lot of plants and large rocks. Sample taken from soil near water flow. Pampus grass present. Cyanobacteria and green algae isolated from water.

Atacama Desert, Chile. slope 17°, Sample taken just below Micayah. Algal crust with plants. Sandy, rock surface. Fine soil. Microcoleus.

Atacama Desert, Chile. slope 4°. A stream in a canyon. A lot of plants and large rocks. Sample taken from soil near water flow. Pampus grass present. Cyanobacteria and green algae isolated from water.

Atacama Desert, Chile. slope 27°. Steep, rocky hill side with cacti. Moss on soil. Crust common with lichens and bryophytes. Collema on soil. Located on south facing slope and we parked in the bend in the road. Larry should come here! Leptolyngbya, Tolypothrix, Spongiochloris, Chlorosarcinopsis, Chlorella, others.

Atacama Desert, Chile. slope 4°. A stream in a canyon. A lot of plants and large rocks. Sample taken from soil near water flow. Pampus grass present. Cyanobacteria and green algae isolated from water.