Pertusaria thailandica

Pertusaria thailandica is a species of corticolous, crustose lichen in the family Pertusariaceae. Found in Thailand, it was formally described as a new species in 2005 by Sureeporn Jariangprasert. The type specimen was collected by the author from Doi Suthep–Pui National Park at an altitude of, where it was found growing on the bark of Cinchona. The species epithet combines the country of the type locality with the Latin suffix -ensis.
Pertusaria thailandica has a smooth, dull, greyish-green thallus that lacks soredia and isidia. It has many apothecia that measure 0.3–1.5 mm in diameter. Its ascospores, which number 3 or 4 per ascus, are smooth,, somewhat to ellipsoid in shape, and measure 80–108 by 34–44 μm. The lichen is common in several Thai national parks in various parts of the country, at elevations ranging between. It contains several homologues of the lichen product 2'-O-methylperlatolic acid.