Hypotrachyna brasiliana

Hypotrachyna brasiliana is a species of foliose lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. It was originall described by William Nylander in 1885 as a species of "Parmelia". Mason Hale transferred it to the new genus "Hypotrachyna" in 1975. The lichen is found in the mountains of southeastern Brazil at elevations of , where it grows on siliceous rocks, or on mosses over rocks.