Lepraria salazinica

Lepraria salazinica is a species of rock-dwelling, leprose lichen in the family Stereocaulaceae.

The specific epithet refers to the presence of the secondary compound salazinic acid, which is rare in the genus Lepraria.

[1] Lepraria multiacida is another species in the genus known to produce salazinic acid, but only in minor amounts along with other substances.

[2] The lichen has a thin, grayish-white powdery to granular thallus that forms small patches on the rock surface.

The photobiont partner of the lichen is trebouxioid: spherical unicellular green algae with cells measuring up to 13 μm in diameter.