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: 260'635
- Total number of lichen species found: 2'449
- Number of lichens reported this year: 4'671
- Number of lichen findings this year: 1'202
- The last 10 lichen findings:
Rhizocarpon geographicum (L.) DC. s. lat. (16.07.2026), Protoparmeliopsis muralis (Schreb.) M. Choisy s. lat. (16.07.2026), Cetraria islandica (L.) Ach. s. lat. (15.07.2026), _unbestimmte Flechte (14.07.2026), _unbestimmte Flechte (14.07.2026), _unbestimmte Flechte (14.07.2026), Cladonia rangiformis Hoffm. (14.07.2026), _unbestimmte Flechte (13.07.2026), _unbestimmte Flechte (12.07.2026), _unbestimmte Flechte (12.07.2026) - Number of endangered lichen species found this year (number of findings per species in brackets): 77
Alectoria sarmentosa (Ach.) Ach. (1), Alyxoria ochrocheila (Nyl.) Ertz & Tehler (1), Anaptychia ciliaris (L.) Körb. (26), Bacidia fraxinea Lönnr. (2), Bacidia friesiana aggr. (1), Bactrospora dryina (Ach.) A. Massal. (9), Buellia elegans Poelt (2), Buellia erubescens Arnold (1), Calicium adaequatum Nyl. (1), Caloplaca lucifuga G. Thor (4), Cetrelia cetrarioides (Delise ex Duby) W.L. Culb. & C.F. Culb. (5), Cetrelia chicitae (W.L. Culb.) W.L. Culb. & C.F. Culb. (1), Cetrelia olivetorum (Nyl.) W.L. Culb. & C.F. Culb. (3), Cladonia foliacea (Huds.) Willd. (2), Cladonia rangiformis Hoffm. (10), Cladonia symphycarpa (Flörke) Fr. (1), Coniocarpon elegans (Ach.) Duby (3), Dendrographa decolorans (Turner & Borrer) Ertz & Tehler (1), Eopyrenula leucoplaca (Wallr.) R.C. Harris (1), Evernia divaricata (L.) Ach. (2), Evernia mesomorpha Nyl. (1), Fellhanera bouteillei (Desm.) Vězda (2), Flavopunctelia flaventior (Stirt.) Hale (4), Gyalecta carneola (Ach.) Hellb. (1), Gyalecta truncigena aggr. (2), Gyalecta ulmi (Sw.) Zahlbr. (1), Gyalolechia fulgens (Sw.) Søchting, Frödén & Arup (5), Inoderma byssaceum (Weigel) Gray (12), Lecanactis abietina (Ach.) Körb. (2), Lecanora conizaeoides Nyl. ex Cromb. (1), Lecanora intumescens (Rebent.) Rabenh. (2), Lecanora leptyrodes (Nyl.) Degel. (1), Leptogium saturninum (Dicks.) Nyl. (1), Lobaria pulmonaria (L.) Hoffm. (57), Lobarina scrobiculata (Scop.) Nyl. ex Cromb. (2), Melanelixia glabra (Schaer.) O. Blanco, A. Crespo, Divakar, Essl., D. Hawksw. & Lumbsch (4), Melanohalea elegantula (Zahlbr.) O. Blanco, A. Crespo, Divakar, Essl., D. Hawksw. & Lumbsch (4), Melanohalea exasperata (De Not.) O. Blanco, A. Crespo, Divakar, Essl., D. Hawksw. & Lumbsch (6), Menegazzia terebrata (Hoffm.) A. Massal. (1), Nephroma bellum (Spreng.) Tuck. (1), Nephroma laevigatum Ach. (1), Nephroma parile (Ach.) Ach. (1), Nephroma resupinatum (L.) Ach. (14), Pannaria conoplea (Ach.) Bory (7), Parmeliella triptophylla (Ach.) Müll. Arg. (3), Parmelina pastillifera (Harm.) Hale (7), Parmotrema arnoldii (Du Rietz) Hale (1), Parmotrema perlatum (Huds.) M. Choisy (6), Peltigera membranacea (Ach.) Nyl. (1), Pertusaria coronata (Ach.) Th. Fr. (1), Pertusaria flavida (DC.) J.R. Laundon (1), Phaeophyscia ciliata (Hoffm.) Moberg (2), Phaeophyscia insignis (Mereschk.) Moberg (1), Phaeophyscia poeltii (Frey) Nimis (1), Phlyctis agelaea (Ach.) Flot. (5), Physcia vitii Nádv. (2), Physconia enteroxantha (Nyl.) Poelt (2), Physconia grisea (Lam.) Poelt s. lat. (3), Physconia perisidiosa (Erichsen) Moberg (8), Piccolia ochrophora (Nyl.) Hafellner (1), Pleurosticta acetabulum (Neck.) Elix & Lumbsch (10), Pyrenula laevigata (Pers.) Arnold (1), Pyrenula nitidella (Schaer.) Müll. Arg. (1), Ramalina fastigiata (Pers.) Ach. (15), Ramalina fraxinea (L.) Ach. (7), Ramalina pollinaria (Westr.) Ach. (3), Rinodina colobina (Ach.) Th. Fr. (1), Romjularia lurida (Ach.) Timdal (1), Rostania occultata (Bagl.) Otálora, P.M. Jørg. & Wedin (1), Scytinium fragrans (Sm.) Otálora, P.M. Jørg. & Wedin (2), Sphaerophorus globosus (Huds.) Vain. (4), Stereocaulon incrustatum Flörke (8), Sticta limbata (Sm.) Ach. (1), Sticta sylvatica (Huds.) Ach. (7), Thelotrema lepadinum (Ach.) Ach. (1), Vulpicida juniperinus (L.) J.-E. Mattsson & M.J. Lai (3), Xanthomendoza ulophyllodes (Räsänen) Søchting, Kärnefelt & S.Y. Kondr. (1)