Xanthoparmelia lesothoensis
Xanthoparmelia lesothoensis is a species of saxicolous, foliose lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. Found at high elevations in the Drakensberg escarpment of Lesotho, it was formally described as a new species in 1986 by the American lichenologist Mason Hale. The type specimen was collected from a pasture east of Sani Pass at an elevation of, where it was found growing on sun-exposed dolerite rock ledges. The lichen has a leathery, yellowish-green thallus that is tightly attached to its rock and reaches in diameter. It contains salazinic acid, diffractaic acid, and usnic acid.