Pyrrhospora palmicola is a species of corticolous (bark-dwelling), crustose lichen in the family Lecanoraceae.

[1] It has a yellow thallus with rounded to irregular apothecia (fruiting bodies) with pale brown or black discs.

The type specimen was collected in 1974 from Anse Mais, Aldabra (Seychelles), where it was found growing on Cocos nucifera.

This lichen is noted for its yellow thallus and the presence of a xanthone, most likely thiophanic acid, a characteristic distinguishing it from related species.

The authors suggest that it is probably closely related to P. quernea, sharing xanthones and small, pale to dark apothecia.