Welcome to SwissLichens ¶
SwissLichens, the National Data and Information Centre of Swiss lichens, aims to research and document the distribution, endangerment and ecology of lichens in Switzerland. The Data and Information Centre maintains a database with finding reports on the Swiss lichen flora, provides the basis for the promotion and protection of endangered lichens in Switzerland and advises authorities and NGOs on questions concerning the implementation of lichen promotion.
SwissLichens is recognised by the Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN) as a national data and information centre and is a member of the network of InfoSpecies, the Swiss Information Centre for Species. In its operations SwissLichens is financially supported by the Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN) and the Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL.
SwissLichens News ¶
- The fieldwork for the revision of the Red List has been completed and we have started the assessment.
Database news
- Total number of lichen findings: 256'890
- Total number of lichen species found: 2'439
- Number of lichens reported this year: 924
- Number of lichen findings this year: 421
- The last 10 lichen findings:
Acarospora moenium (Vain.) Räsänen (09.04.2026), Acarospora moenium (Vain.) Räsänen (08.04.2026), Bactrospora dryina (Ach.) A. Massal. (08.04.2026), Bactrospora dryina (Ach.) A. Massal. (08.04.2026), Inoderma byssaceum (Weigel) Gray (08.04.2026), Acarospora moenium (Vain.) Räsänen (08.04.2026), Inoderma byssaceum (Weigel) Gray (08.04.2026), Rhizocarpon geographicum (L.) DC. s. lat. (06.04.2026), Rhizocarpon geographicum (L.) DC. s. lat. (06.04.2026), Graphis scripta aggr. (05.04.2026) - Number of endangered lichen species found this year (number of findings per species in brackets): 44
Alyxoria ochrocheila (Nyl.) Ertz & Tehler (1), Anaptychia ciliaris (L.) Körb. (19), Bacidia fraxinea Lönnr. (2), Bacidia friesiana aggr. (1), Bactrospora dryina (Ach.) A. Massal. (9), Calicium adaequatum Nyl. (1), Caloplaca lucifuga G. Thor (3), Cladonia foliacea (Huds.) Willd. (2), Cladonia rangiformis Hoffm. (6), Cladonia symphycarpa (Flörke) Fr. (1), Coniocarpon elegans (Ach.) Duby (3), Dendrographa decolorans (Turner & Borrer) Ertz & Tehler (1), Eopyrenula leucoplaca (Wallr.) R.C. Harris (1), Fellhanera bouteillei (Desm.) Vězda (1), Flavopunctelia flaventior (Stirt.) Hale (1), Gyalecta truncigena aggr. (2), Gyalolechia fulgens (Sw.) Søchting, Frödén & Arup (3), Inoderma byssaceum (Weigel) Gray (10), Lecanora intumescens (Rebent.) Rabenh. (2), Lecanora leptyrodes (Nyl.) Degel. (1), Lobaria pulmonaria (L.) Hoffm. (5), Melanelixia glabra (Schaer.) O. Blanco, A. Crespo, Divakar, Essl., D. Hawksw. & Lumbsch (1), Melanohalea elegantula (Zahlbr.) O. Blanco, A. Crespo, Divakar, Essl., D. Hawksw. & Lumbsch (2), Melanohalea exasperata (De Not.) O. Blanco, A. Crespo, Divakar, Essl., D. Hawksw. & Lumbsch (4), Nephroma laevigatum Ach. (1), Pannaria conoplea (Ach.) Bory (4), Parmelina pastillifera (Harm.) Hale (3), Parmotrema perlatum (Huds.) M. Choisy (2), Pertusaria coronata (Ach.) Th. Fr. (1), Pertusaria flavida (DC.) J.R. Laundon (1), Phaeophyscia poeltii (Frey) Nimis (1), Phlyctis agelaea (Ach.) Flot. (5), Physcia vitii Nádv. (1), Physconia enteroxantha (Nyl.) Poelt (1), Physconia grisea (Lam.) Poelt s. lat. (1), Physconia perisidiosa (Erichsen) Moberg (3), Piccolia ochrophora (Nyl.) Hafellner (1), Pleurosticta acetabulum (Neck.) Elix & Lumbsch (5), Ramalina fastigiata (Pers.) Ach. (12), Ramalina fraxinea (L.) Ach. (3), Rinodina colobina (Ach.) Th. Fr. (1), Stereocaulon incrustatum Flörke (3), Sticta limbata (Sm.) Ach. (1), Sticta sylvatica (Huds.) Ach. (1)