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. If you would like your lichen findings to be included in the evaluation, you can send them to us until mid-September 2024 at the latest using the following reporting options.
Database news
- Total number of lichen findings: 221'926
- Total number of lichen species found: 2'267
- Number of lichens reported this year: 61'308
- Number of lichen findings this year: 4'538
- The last 10 lichen findings:
Caloplaca cirrochroa (Ach.) Th. Fr. (30.08.2024), Cladonia digitata (L.) Hoffm. (30.08.2024), Icmadophila ericetorum (L.) Zahlbr. (30.08.2024), Peltigera praetextata (Flörke ex Sommerf.) Zopf (30.08.2024), Scytinium pulvinatum (Hoffm.) Otálora, P.M. Jørg. & Wedin (30.08.2024), Xanthoria parietina (L.) Th. Fr. s. lat. (29.08.2024), Parmelina tiliacea (Hoffm.) Hale (29.08.2024), Flavoparmelia caperata (L.) Hale (29.08.2024), Chrysothrix candelaris (L.) J.R. Laundon (29.08.2024), Graphis scripta aggr. (29.08.2024) - Number of endangered lichen species found this year (number of findings per species in brackets): 175
Acrocordia gemmata (Ach.) A. Massal. s. lat. (1), Agonimia octospora Coppins & P. James (1), Alectoria sarmentosa (Ach.) Ach. (1), Anaptychia bryorum Poelt (1), Anaptychia ciliaris (L.) Körb. (23), Bacidia biatorina (Körb.) Vain. (6), Bacidia circumspecta (Nyl. ex Vain.) Malme (5), Biatora fallax Hepp (1), Biatora globulosa (Flörke) Fr. (5), Biatora helvola Körb. ex Hellb. (1), Biatora veteranorum Coppins & Sérus. (3), Bryoria capillaris (Ach.) Brodo & D. Hawksw. (4), Bryoria nadvornikiana (Gyeln.) Brodo & D. Hawksw. (1), Buellia epigaea (Pers.) Tuck. (2), Buellia erubescens Arnold (2), Byssoloma marginatum (Arnold) Sérus. (3), Calicium adspersum Pers. (1), Calicium lenticulare Ach. (1), Calicium lucidum (Th. Fr.) M. Prieto & Wedin (1), Caloplaca alnetorum Giralt, Nimis & Poelt (2), Caloplaca asserigena (Stizenb. ex J. Lahm) H. Olivier (1), Caloplaca cerinella (Nyl.) Flagey (3), Caloplaca cerinelloides (Erichsen) Poelt (3), Caloplaca chrysophthalma Degel. (4), Caloplaca pollinii (A. Massal.) Jatta (2), Candelariella subdeflexa aggr. (1), Catinaria atropurpurea (Schaer.) Vězda & Poelt (2), Cetrelia cetrarioides (Delise ex Duby) W.L. Culb. & C.F. Culb. (10), Cetrelia olivetorum (Nyl.) W.L. Culb. & C.F. Culb. (4), Chaenotheca brachypoda (Ach.) Tibell (5), Chaenotheca gracilenta (Ach.) Mattson & Middelb. (2), Chaenotheca phaeocephala (Turner) Th. Fr. (1), Cheiromycina flabelliformis B. Sutton (3), Cladonia caespiticia (Pers.) Flörke (2), Cladonia ciliata Stirt. (5), Cladonia foliacea (Huds.) Willd. (18), Cladonia polycarpoides Nyl. (3), Cladonia rangiformis Hoffm. (76), Cladonia rei Schaer. (8), Cladonia stellaris (Opiz) Pouzar & Vězda (4), Cladonia subrangiformis Sandst. (26), Cladonia symphycarpa (Flörke) Fr. (76), Cliostomum corrugatum (Ach.) Fr. (2), Coenogonium luteum (Dicks.) Kalb & Lücking (1), Collema furfuraceum (Arnold) Du Rietz (1), Collema subflaccidum Degel. (2), Diplotomma alboatrum (Hoffm.) Flot. (1), Enchylium conglomeratum (Hoffm.) Otálora, P.M. Jørg. & Wedin (2), Endocarpon pusillum Hedw. (6), Evernia divaricata (L.) Ach. (24), Evernia mesomorpha Nyl. (4), Felipes leucopellaeus (Ach.) Frisch & G. Thor (1), Fellhanera bouteillei (Desm.) Vězda (2), Fellhanera gyrophorica Sérus., Coppins, Diederich & Scheid. (6), Fellhaneropsis vezdae (Coppins & P. James) Sérus. & Coppins (2), Flavopunctelia flaventior (Stirt.) Hale (1), Graphis elegans (Sm.) Ach. (2), Gyalecta fagicola (Arnold) Kremp. (1), Gyalecta flotowii Körb. (1), Gyalecta ulmi (Sw.) Zahlbr. (3), Gyalidea asteriscus (Anzi) Aptroot & Lücking (2), Gyalolechia aurea (Schaer.) A. Massal. (3), Gyalolechia fulgens (Sw.) Søchting, Frödén & Arup (29), Heppia adglutinata (Kremp.) A. Massal. (6), Heterodermia obscurata (Nyl.) Trevis. (1), Hypogymnia vittata (Ach.) Parrique (1), Hypotrachyna laevigata (Sm.) Hale (7), Hypotrachyna minarum (Vain.) Krog & Swinscow (1), Hypotrachyna taylorensis (M. E. Mitch.) Hale (2), Inoderma byssaceum (Weigel) Gray (1), Lecanactis abietina (Ach.) Körb. (6), Lecanographa amylacea (Ehrh. ex Pers.) Egea & Torrente (1), Lecanora expallens Ach. (3), Lecanora intumescens (Rebent.) Rabenh. (5), Lecanora leptyrodes (Nyl.) Degel. (13), Lecidella laureri (Hepp) Körb. (3), Lepra multipuncta (Turner) Hafellner (3), Lepra trachythallina (Erichsen) Lendemer & R.C. Harris (3), Leprocaulon quisquiliare (Leers) M. Choisy (2), Leptogium hildenbrandii (Garov.) Nyl. (3), Leptogium saturninum (Dicks.) Nyl. (44), Lobaria pulmonaria (L.) Hoffm. (354), Lobarina scrobiculata (Scop.) Nyl. ex Cromb. (1), Lopadium disciforme (Flot.) Kullh. (10), Megalaria pulverea (Borrer) Hafellner & E. Schreiner (2), Melanelixia glabra (Schaer.) O. Blanco, A. Crespo, Divakar, Essl., D. Hawksw. & Lumbsch (14), 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 (7), Menegazzia terebrata (Hoffm.) A. Massal. (8), Micarea adnata Coppins (1), Micarea cinerea (Schaer.) Hedl. s. lat. (1), Mycobilimbia carneoalbida (Müll. Arg.) S. Ekman & Printzen (1), Nephroma bellum (Spreng.) Tuck. (6), Nephroma laevigatum Ach. (2), Nephroma parile (Ach.) Ach. (27), Nephroma resupinatum (L.) Ach. (34), Ochrolechia arborea (Kreyer) Almb. (6), Ochrolechia pallescens (L.) A. Massal. (3), Ochrolechia szatalaensis Verseghy (2), Pannaria conoplea (Ach.) Bory (11), Parmeliella triptophylla (Ach.) Müll. Arg. (25), Parmelina pastillifera (Harm.) Hale (5), Parmotrema arnoldii (Du Rietz) Hale (3), Parmotrema crinitum (Ach.) M. Choisy (1), Parmotrema perlatum (Huds.) M. Choisy (14), Parmotrema reticulatum (Taylor) M. Choisy (1), Parmotrema stuppeum (Taylor) Hale (1), Peltigera collina (Ach.) Schrad. (29), Peltigera horizontalis (Huds.) Baumg. (2), Peltigera lepidophora (Vain.) Bitter (1), Peltigera membranacea (Ach.) Nyl. (1), Pertusaria alpina Hepp ex Ahles (8), Pertusaria coccodes (Ach.) Nyl. (1), Pertusaria coronata (Ach.) Th. Fr. (7), Pertusaria pertusa (L.) Tuck. var. pertusa (2), Phaeophyscia ciliata (Hoffm.) Moberg (4), Phaeophyscia insignis (Mereschk.) Moberg (2), Phaeophyscia poeltii (Frey) Nimis (6), Phlyctis agelaea (Ach.) Flot. (1), Physcia clementei (Turner) Maas Geest. (4), Physcia vitii Nádv. (2), Physconia enteroxantha (Nyl.) Poelt (2), Physconia grisea (Lam.) Poelt s. lat. (7), Physconia perisidiosa (Erichsen) Moberg (5), Piccolia ochrophora (Nyl.) Hafellner (1), Pleurosticta acetabulum (Neck.) Elix & Lumbsch (6), Polychidium muscicola (Sw.) Gray (1), Puttea margaritella (Hulting) S. Stenroos & Huhtinen (1), Pyrenula laevigata (Pers.) Arnold (3), Pyrenula nitidella (Schaer.) Müll. Arg. (5), Ramalina dilacerata (Hoffm.) Hoffm. (2), Ramalina fastigiata (Pers.) Ach. (6), Ramalina fraxinea (L.) Ach. (14), Ramalina obtusata aggr. (1), Ramalina pollinaria (Westr.) Ach. (4), Ramalina sinensis Jatta (1), Ramalina thrausta (Ach.) Nyl. (2), Ricasolia amplissima (Scop.) De Not. (5), Rinodina capensis Hampe (2), Rinodina colobina (Ach.) Th. Fr. (1), Rinodina exigua (Ach.) Gray (1), Rinodina griseosoralifera Coppins (1), Rinodina mniaroea (Ach.) Körb. (1), Rinodina pyrina (Ach.) Arnold (6), Rinodina sophodes (Ach.) A. Massal. (2), Romjularia lurida (Ach.) Timdal (24), Rostania occultata (Bagl.) Otálora, P.M. Jørg. & Wedin (2), Schismatomma pericleum (Ach.) Branth & Rostr. (2), Sclerophora pallida (Pers.) Y.J. Yao & Spooner (6), Scoliciosporum pruinosum (P. James) Vězda (3), Scytinium intermedium (Arnold) Otálora, P.M. Jørg. & Wedin (1), Scytinium teretiusculum (Wallr.) Otálora, P.M. Jørg. & Wedin (2), Sphaerophorus globosus (Huds.) Vain. (1), Squamarina cartilaginea (With.) P. James s. lat. (3), Squamarina lentigera (Weber) Poelt (10), Stereocaulon incrustatum Flörke (153), Sticta fuliginosa (Hoffm.) Ach. (17), Sticta limbata (Sm.) Ach. (3), Sticta sylvatica (Huds.) Ach. (17), Tephromela atra (Huds.) Hafellner s. lat. (1), Thelenella modesta (Nyl.) Nyl. (1), Thelopsis flaveola Arnold (1), Thelotrema lepadinum (Ach.) Ach. (6), Toninia opuntioides (Vill.) Timdal (3), Toninia physaroides (Opiz) Zahlbr. (24), Toninia taurica (Szatala) Oxner (1), Trapelia corticola Coppins & P. James (2), Usnea cavernosa Tuck. (7), Usnea ceratina Ach. (6), Usnea longissima Ach. (9), Usnocetraria oakesiana (Tuck.) M.J. Lai & J.C. Wei (2), Varicellaria hemisphaerica (Flörke) I. Schmitt & Lumbsch (1), Vulpicida juniperinus (L.) J.-E. Mattsson & M.J. Lai (2), Xanthomendoza fulva (Hoffm.) Søchting, Kärnefelt & S.Y. Kondr. (5), Xanthomendoza ulophyllodes (Räsänen) Søchting, Kärnefelt & S.Y. Kondr. (6)