Hypogymnia pendula is a rare species of foliose lichen in the family Parmeliaceae.

The species was named pendula due to its tendency to grow in a pendulous manner.

The holotype specimen was collected in Yunnan, China, in the Jianchuan County at the trailhead to Lao Juen Shan, within an Abies delavayi–Rhododendron forest near a hotel.

The upper surface of the thallus is smooth, later becoming rugose or verrucose, and is whitish to pale greenish-grey in colour.

[2] Hypogymnia pendula is unique in its genus due to its large spores, which measure 12–16 by 9–12 μm.