Xanthoparmelia simulans
Xanthoparmelia simulans is a species of terricolous, foliose lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. Found in Southern Africa, it was formally described as a new species in 1986 by the American lichenologist Mason Hale. The type specimen was collected by Hale in the Swartberg mountains, northwest of Cango Caves at an elevation of. The lichen thallus, which is loosely attached to its soil, is bright yellowish green and measures broad. It contains several lichen products: stictic, constictic, cryptostictic, usnic, and trace amounts of norstictic acid.