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Local in sandy soil amongst rocks, near the base hut, Horseshoe Island, Fallieres Coast. Antarctic Peninsula, Fallieres Coast

Frequent on soil and on surface of dead moss, near the hut, Blaiklock Island, Loubet Coast. Antarctic Peninsula, Loubet Coast

Local, on soil and moss in damp hollows amongst rocks near shore, Hermit Island, Arthur Harbour, Anvers Island, Danco Coast. Antarctic Peninsula, Danco Coast

Damp rock face associated with various bryophytes, Galindez Island, Argentine Islands, Graham Coast. Antarctic Peninsula, Graham Coast

Damp, fairly stable north facing, ash slope, Alt. 200-250 ft. Ronald Hill, Deception Island. South Shetland Islands

On moss on moist rock ledges. Alt. 5 m. West end of Lagoon Island. Antarctic Peninsula

On moss on moist rock. Alt. 85 m. Central north-facing slope. Charcot Island. Antarctic Peninsula

Amongst Blechnum penna-marina on dry north-facing slope on south side of Husdal Gorge. Alt. 30 m. South Georgia

On dead Poa flabellata amongst Tortula robusta, exposed ridge above cliffs, Alt. 100 m. Dartmouth Point. South Georgia

On moss (Andreaea). Alt. 20 m. Mooring Point, Signy Island. South Orkney Islands

In stringy moss on sheltered rocks near sea, Alt. 50 m. Cape Roux, Brabant Island. Antarctic Peninsula

On soil and dead moss, in pockets of fine soil between boulders. Alt. 300 m. Ridge running W from middle of unnamed glacier between Mars Oasis and Ares Oasis, Viking Valley, Alexander Island. Antarctic Peninsula, Alexander Island

On dry soil. Alt. 5m. NE side, Jenny Island. Antarctic Peninsula

On dry cushions of Schistidium sp. Alt. 20-30m. E side Lachman Crags, James Ross Island. Antarctic Peninsula

On Andreaea sp. and small stones. Alt. 35m. Between Knob Lake and Changing Lake, Signy Island. South Orkney Islands

Dry rocks, stones. On Dreponocladus uncinatus. Alt. 10-25m. Refuge Islands (largest island), South Marguerite Bay. Antarctic Peninsula

On rock near shore. Alt. 2 m. Olivine Point, Coronation Island South Orkney Islands

On moss and soil in rock crevices. Alt. 15-18 m. North side of Rothera Point, Adelaide Island. Antarctic Peninsula

On soil and moss on stable soil circles amongst boulders. Alt. 10 m. Rothera Point, Adelaide Island. Antarctic Peninsula

Flushed bank of stream, Alt. 200 ft. Valley on south side of Brown Mountain, Cumberland East Bay. South Georgia

Juncus flush by stream, Alt. 300 ft. Lonnberg Valley, Barff Peninsula. South Georgia

Shaded recess under rock, Alt. 1500 ft. North side of Ceritos rocks, Falkland Islands. Falkland Islands

In crevices of N facing granite. Alt. 4,100 ft. N facing ridge of Trig 6 survey point. Abra Kelly. South America, Chile

On reindeer dung. Cap fawn - light brown; stipe light grey. Ocean Harbour. South Georgia

Growing along verge beween road and sea, Port Stanley, East Falkland Is. Falkland Islands

D.antarctica sward to east of camp above sea, n-facing, Alt. 7 m. Minot Point, Brabant Island. Antarctic Peninsula

Crustose lichen, Placopsis community, Alt. 190 m. Robin Plateau, Signy Island. South Orkney Islands

Lush moss carpet. Coppermine Peninsula, Robert Island South Shetland Islands

Near seal wallow. Coppermine Peninsula, Robert Island South Shetland Islands

Lush moss on raised beach. Harmony Point, Nelson Island South Shetland Islands

Waterlogged site on lake edge. Potter Cove, King George Island South Shetland Islands

Wet moss turf. Potter Cove, King George Island South Shetland Islands

On peat affected by constant water splash, Alt. 25 m. River in valley leading to Crique de la Chaloupe, Possession Island. Crozet

Wet seepage area among breccia blocks. Alt. 35m. E side Lachman Crags, James Ross Island. Antarctic Peninsula

Alt. 2-200 m. Moe Island, off Signy Island. South Orkney Islands

Moist gravelly slopes and plateau. Locally forming large stands. Alt. 80m. S Monroe Island. South Orkney Islands

In crevices of rock, extensive flat area in penguin rookery, Alt. 15 m. Barnard Point, Livingston Island. South Shetland Islands

Forms very extensive pure and mixed patches, also forms deep peat banks on very steep slopes, Alt. 10-150 ft. Coppermine Cove, Robert Island. South Shetland Islands

Wet slopes, Alt. 10-100 ft. North side of Lynch Island. South Orkney Islands

Wet, vertical ridged rock, facing south-west, Alt. 30 ft. Small, steep-sided, flat-topped cape on the NW corner of d'Urville Island, Joinville Island Group, Trinity Peninsula. Antarctic Peninsula, Trinity Peninsula, East Coast

Moist soil and gravel near penguin colony, Powell Island promontory (opposite and east of Christoffersen Island.) South Orkney Islands

Moist soil and rock crevices, east side of Island, Michelsen Island. South Orkney Islands

Frequent, occasionally forming pure patches in damp hollows, also by runnel margins and foot of cliff, Alt. 25-50 ft. Near the hut, Blaiklock Island, Loubet Coast. Antarctic Peninsula, Loubet Coast

Wet rock outcrop facing west. Alt. 60 m. Cuverville Island. Antarctic Peninsula, Danco Coast

Moist soil in crevices and amongst stones, Alt. 200 m. North end of Active Sound, Joinville Island. Antarctic Peninsula

On whalebone, Alt. c. 10 ft. South of Drying Point, Signy Island. South Orkney Islands

Moist soil below limestone outcrops. Alt. 25 m. Foca Cove, Signy Island. South Orkney Islands

Forming a closed stand of several hectares on a gentle slope. Alt. 5-80 m. Aitcho Island. South Shetland Islands

Moss carpet (Pohlia and Drepanocladus) on ash/scoria moraines and heaps NW of main ice cap above Medusa Pool and Chimaera Flats, Candlemas Island. South Sandwich Islands

In rockfall at base of W cliffs, Wilson Rock, Bristol Island. South Sandwich Islands