Xanthoparmelia hybrida


Xanthoparmelia hybrida is a rare species of saxicolous, foliose lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. Found in South Africa, it was formally described as a new species in 1986 by the American lichenologist Mason Hale. The type specimen was collected from Pilgrim's rest along the Treur River near the Bourkes Luck Potholes, at an elevation of, where it was found growing on a sandstone boulder. The lichen has a yellowish-green thallus measuring in diameter, comprising somewhat irregular to linear that measure 1–2.5 mm wide. It contains protocetraric acid, stictic acid, constictic acid, and usnic acid.