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: 255'966
- Total number of lichen species found: 2'434
- Number of lichens reported this year: 15'585
- Number of lichen findings this year: 3'376
- The last 10 lichen findings:
_unbestimmte Flechte (21.11.2025), Pertusaria leioplaca DC. (18.11.2025), Opegrapha vermicellifera (Kunze) J.R. Laundon (18.11.2025), Physcia adscendens (Fr.) H. Olivier (05.12.2025), Xanthoria parietina (L.) Th. Fr. s. lat. (05.12.2025), Parmelia sulcata Taylor (05.12.2025), Xanthoria elegans (Link) Th. Fr. s. lat. (03.12.2025), Protoparmeliopsis muralis (Schreb.) M. Choisy s. lat. (03.12.2025), Evernia prunastri (L.) Ach. (03.12.2025), Anaptychia ciliaris (L.) Körb. (03.12.2025) - Number of endangered lichen species found this year (number of findings per species in brackets): 116
Acolium karelicum (Vain.) M. Prieto & Wedin (1), Alectoria sarmentosa (Ach.) Ach. (3), Anaptychia ciliaris (L.) Körb. (9), Anaptychia crinalis (Schleich.) Vězda ex J. Nowak (1), Bacidia circumspecta (Nyl. ex Vain.) Malme (2), Bactrospora dryina (Ach.) A. Massal. (9), Bryoria bicolor (Ehrh.) Brodo & D. Hawksw. (1), Buellia elegans Poelt (1), Calicium adspersum Pers. (2), Caloplaca chrysophthalma Degel. (1), Caloplaca lucifuga G. Thor (6), Catolechia wahlenbergii (Flot. ex Ach.) Körb. (1), Cetraria sepincola (Ehrh.) Ach. (2), Cetrelia cetrarioides (Delise ex Duby) W.L. Culb. & C.F. Culb. (9), Cetrelia olivetorum (Nyl.) W.L. Culb. & C.F. Culb. (2), Chaenotheca brachypoda (Ach.) Tibell (4), Chaenotheca chlorella (Ach.) Müll. Arg. (1), Chaenotheca gracilenta (Ach.) Mattson & Middelb. (1), Chaenotheca subroscida (Eitner) Zahlbr. (1), Cladonia cariosa (Ach.) Spreng. (6), Cladonia foliacea (Huds.) Willd. (5), Cladonia portentosa (Dufour) Coem. (1), Cladonia rangiformis Hoffm. (6), Cladonia stellaris (Opiz) Pouzar & Vězda (9), Cladonia symphycarpa (Flörke) Fr. (15), Coniocarpon cinnabarinum DC. (1), Dactylina ramulosa (Hook.) Tuck. (1), Dendrographa decolorans (Turner & Borrer) Ertz & Tehler (1), Endocarpon pusillum Hedw. (1), Evernia divaricata (L.) Ach. (18), Evernia mesomorpha Nyl. (5), Fellhanera bouteillei (Desm.) Vězda (2), Flavopunctelia flaventior (Stirt.) Hale (5), Gabura fascicularis (L.) P.M. Jørg. (2), Gyalecta flotowii Körb. (2), Gyalecta ulmi (Sw.) Zahlbr. (13), Gyalidea asteriscus (Anzi) Aptroot & Lücking (1), Gyalolechia fulgens (Sw.) Søchting, Frödén & Arup (1), Heppia adglutinata (Kremp.) A. Massal. (1), Heterodermia speciosa (Wulfen) Trevis. (1), Hypotrachyna sinuosa (Sm.) Hale (2), Inoderma byssaceum (Weigel) Gray (17), Japewia subaurifera Muhr & Tønsberg (1), Lecanactis abietina (Ach.) Körb. (4), Lecanora albella (Pers.) Ach. (1), Lecanora conizaeoides Nyl. ex Cromb. (2), Lecanora leptyrodes (Nyl.) Degel. (3), Lecanora salicicola H. Magn. (4), Leprocaulon quisquiliare (Leers) M. Choisy (2), Leptogium cyanescens (Ach.) Körb. (1), Leptogium saturninum (Dicks.) Nyl. (23), Lobaria pulmonaria (L.) Hoffm. (111), Massalongia carnosa (Dicks.) Körb. (3), 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 (4), Melanohalea exasperata (De Not.) O. Blanco, A. Crespo, Divakar, Essl., D. Hawksw. & Lumbsch (8), Menegazzia terebrata (Hoffm.) A. Massal. (3), Mycoblastus sanguinarius (L.) Norman (2), Nephroma laevigatum Ach. (25), Nephroma parile (Ach.) Ach. (24), Nephroma resupinatum (L.) Ach. (12), Pannaria conoplea (Ach.) Bory (34), Parmeliella triptophylla (Ach.) Müll. Arg. (10), Parmelina pastillifera (Harm.) Hale (9), Parmotrema arnoldii (Du Rietz) Hale (1), Parmotrema crinitum (Ach.) M. Choisy (2), Parmotrema perlatum (Huds.) M. Choisy (19), Peltigera collina (Ach.) Schrad. (73), Peltigera horizontalis (Huds.) Baumg. (8), Peltigera lepidophora (Vain.) Bitter (1), Peltigera membranacea (Ach.) Nyl. (10), Pertusaria alpina Hepp ex Ahles (2), Pertusaria coccodes (Ach.) Nyl. (2), Pertusaria oculata (Dicks.) Th. Fr. (1), Phaeophyscia hirsuta (Mereschk.) Essl. (2), Phaeophyscia hispidula (Ach.) Essl. (1), Phaeophyscia insignis (Mereschk.) Moberg (2), Phlyctis agelaea (Ach.) Flot. (5), Physcia vitii Nádv. (3), Physconia enteroxantha (Nyl.) Poelt (2), Physconia grisea (Lam.) Poelt s. lat. (1), Physconia perisidiosa (Erichsen) Moberg (3), Placynthiella oligotropha (J. R. Laundon) Coppins & P. James (2), Pleurosticta acetabulum (Neck.) Elix & Lumbsch (8), Protoblastenia terricola (Anzi) Lynge (2), Psora globifera (Ach.) A. Massal. (2), Ramalina fastigiata (Pers.) Ach. (13), Ramalina fraxinea (L.) Ach. (9), Ramalina panizzei De Not. (1), Ramalina pollinaria (Westr.) Ach. (7), Ramalina roesleri (Schaer.) Hue (1), Ramalina thrausta (Ach.) Nyl. (1), Ricasolia amplissima (Scop.) De Not. (15), Romjularia lurida (Ach.) Timdal (1), Rostania occultata (Bagl.) Otálora, P.M. Jørg. & Wedin (5), Sclerophora pallida (Pers.) Y.J. Yao & Spooner (1), Scytinium fragrans (Sm.) Otálora, P.M. Jørg. & Wedin (1), Scytinium intermedium (Arnold) Otálora, P.M. Jørg. & Wedin (1), Scytinium teretiusculum (Wallr.) Otálora, P.M. Jørg. & Wedin (7), Sphaerophorus globosus (Huds.) Vain. (1), Squamarina cartilaginea (With.) P. James s. lat. (1), Stereocaulon capitellatum H. Magn. (1), Stereocaulon incrustatum Flörke (3), Sticta fuliginosa (Hoffm.) Ach. (7), Sticta limbata (Sm.) Ach. (1), Sticta sylvatica (Huds.) Ach. (11), Strigula jamesii (Swinscow) R.C. Harris (2), Thelopsis rubella Nyl. (1), Thelotrema lepadinum (Ach.) Ach. (1), Toninia opuntioides (Vill.) Timdal (1), Usnea ceratina Ach. (1), Usnea florida (L.) F.H. Wigg. (2), Usnea longissima Ach. (13), Usnocetraria oakesiana (Tuck.) M.J. Lai & J.C. Wei (1), Vulpicida juniperinus (L.) J.-E. Mattsson & M.J. Lai (6), Xanthomendoza fulva (Hoffm.) Søchting, Kärnefelt & S.Y. Kondr. (3)