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.
Database news
- Total number of lichen findings: 159'820
- Total number of lichen species found: 1'916
- Number of lichens reported this year: 16'546
- Number of lichen findings this year: 4'375
- The last 10 lichen findings:
Leptogium saturninum (Dicks.) Nyl. (10.11.2023), Lobaria pulmonaria (L.) Hoffm. (10.11.2023), Cetrelia olivetorum aggr. (10.11.2023), Ramalina fraxinea (L.) Ach. (10.11.2023), Graphis pulverulenta (Pers.) Ach. (10.11.2023), Strigula stigmatella (Ach.) R.C. Harris (10.11.2023), Platismatia glauca (L.) W.L. Culb. & C.F. Culb. (10.11.2023), Varicellaria hemisphaerica (Flörke) I. Schmitt & Lumbsch (10.11.2023), Peltigera collina (Ach.) Schrad. (10.11.2023), Leptogium saturninum (Dicks.) Nyl. (10.11.2023) - Number of endangered lichen species found this year (number of findings per species in brackets): 141
Acolium inquinans (Sm.) A. Massal. (3), Acolium karelicum (Vain.) M. Prieto & Wedin (1), Alectoria sarmentosa (Ach.) Ach. (4), Anaptychia ciliaris (L.) Körb. (5), Anaptychia crinalis (Schleich.) Vězda ex J. Nowak (4), Arthonia vinosa Leight. (2), Bactrospora dryina (Ach.) A. Massal. (10), Biatora beckhausii (Körb.) Tuck. (1), Biatora globulosa (Flörke) Fr. (2), Bryoria bicolor (Ehrh.) Brodo & D. Hawksw. (4), Bryoria capillaris (Ach.) Brodo & D. Hawksw. (1), Bryoria nadvornikiana (Gyeln.) Brodo & D. Hawksw. (2), Buellia elegans Poelt (1), Buellia erubescens Arnold (1), Caloplaca alnetorum Giralt, Nimis & Poelt (44), Caloplaca cerinella (Nyl.) Flagey (6), Caloplaca cerinelloides (Erichsen) Poelt (14), Caloplaca chrysophthalma Degel. (4), Caloplaca lucifuga G. Thor (1), Cetraria sepincola (Ehrh.) Ach. (8), Cetrelia cetrarioides (Delise ex Duby) W.L. Culb. & C.F. Culb. (11), Cetrelia olivetorum (Nyl.) W.L. Culb. & C.F. Culb. (2), Chaenotheca brachypoda (Ach.) Tibell (2), Chaenotheca brunneola (Ach.) Müll. Arg. (1), Chaenotheca subroscida (Eitner) Zahlbr. (1), Cladonia caespiticia (Pers.) Flörke (6), Cladonia ciliata Stirt. (2), Cladonia decorticata (Flörke) Spreng. (2), Cladonia foliacea (Huds.) Willd. (3), Cladonia polycarpoides Nyl. (1), Cladonia rangiformis Hoffm. (5), Cladonia stellaris (Opiz) Pouzar & Vězda (5), Cladonia subrangiformis Sandst. (1), Cladonia symphycarpa (Flörke) Fr. (9), Coenogonium luteum (Dicks.) Kalb & Lücking (5), Collema subflaccidum Degel. (5), Coniocarpon cinnabarinum DC. (1), Coniocarpon elegans (Ach.) Duby (1), Dendrographa decolorans (Turner & Borrer) Ertz & Tehler (1), Evernia divaricata (L.) Ach. (6), Evernia mesomorpha Nyl. (1), Fellhanera bouteillei (Desm.) Vězda (3), Flavopunctelia flaventior (Stirt.) Hale (5), Gyalecta ulmi (Sw.) Zahlbr. (1), Gyalolechia flavorubescens (Huds.) Søchting, Frödén & Arup (6), Heppia adglutinata (Kremp.) A. Massal. (9), Heterodermia speciosa (Wulfen) Trevis. (1), Hypogymnia vittata (Ach.) Parrique (4), Hypotrachyna minarum (Vain.) Krog & Swinscow (1), Hypotrachyna taylorensis (M. E. Mitch.) Hale (1), Inoderma byssaceum (Weigel) Gray (2), Lecanactis abietina (Ach.) Körb. (4), Lecanora albella (Pers.) Ach. (1), Lecanora expallens Ach. (1), Lecanora gisleri (Anzi ex Arnold) Arnold (2), Lecanora intumescens (Rebent.) Rabenh. (2), Lecanora leptyrodes (Nyl.) Degel. (34), Lecanora salicicola H. Magn. (5), Lecanora subcarpinea Szatala (1), Lecanora vinetorum Poelt & Huneck (1), Leprocaulon quisquiliare (Leers) M. Choisy (1), Leptogium hildenbrandii (Garov.) Nyl. (14), Leptogium saturninum (Dicks.) Nyl. (38), Lobaria pulmonaria (L.) Hoffm. (123), Lobarina scrobiculata (Scop.) Nyl. ex Cromb. (17), Lopadium disciforme (Flot.) Kullh. (1), Megalaria pulverea (Borrer) Hafellner & E. Schreiner (4), Melanelixia glabra (Schaer.) O. Blanco, A. Crespo, Divakar, Essl., D. Hawksw. & Lumbsch (17), Melanohalea elegantula (Zahlbr.) O. Blanco, A. Crespo, Divakar, Essl., D. Hawksw. & Lumbsch (1), Melanohalea exasperata (De Not.) O. Blanco, A. Crespo, Divakar, Essl., D. Hawksw. & Lumbsch (9), Menegazzia terebrata (Hoffm.) A. Massal. (5), Mycoblastus caesius (Coppins & P. James) Tønsberg (1), Mycoblastus sanguinarius (L.) Norman (1), Nephroma bellum (Spreng.) Tuck. (1), Nephroma parile (Ach.) Ach. (11), Nephroma resupinatum (L.) Ach. (5), Ochrolechia arborea (Kreyer) Almb. (2), Ochrolechia pallescens (L.) A. Massal. (18), Ochrolechia szatalaensis Verseghy (5), Ochrolechia turneri (Sm.) Hasselrot (2), Pannaria conoplea (Ach.) Bory (14), Parmeliella triptophylla (Ach.) Müll. Arg. (9), Parmelina pastillifera (Harm.) Hale (30), Parmotrema arnoldii (Du Rietz) Hale (2), Parmotrema crinitum (Ach.) M. Choisy (4), Parmotrema perlatum (Huds.) M. Choisy (5), Parmotrema reticulatum (Taylor) M. Choisy (2), Peltigera collina (Ach.) Schrad. (15), Peltigera horizontalis (Huds.) Baumg. (3), Peltigera lepidophora (Vain.) Bitter (9), Peltigera membranacea (Ach.) Nyl. (4), Pertusaria alpina Hepp ex Ahles (1), Pertusaria coccodes (Ach.) Nyl. (1), Pertusaria coronata (Ach.) Th. Fr. (4), Pertusaria oculata (Dicks.) Th. Fr. (1), Pertusaria pertusa (L.) Tuck. var. pertusa (1), Pertusaria pustulata (Ach.) Duby (3), Phaeophyscia ciliata (Hoffm.) Moberg (2), Phaeophyscia insignis (Mereschk.) Moberg (4), Physcia vitii Nádv. (1), Physconia enteroxantha (Nyl.) Poelt (15), Physconia grisea (Lam.) Poelt s. lat. (2), Physconia perisidiosa (Erichsen) Moberg (4), Piccolia ochrophora (Nyl.) Hafellner (3), Placynthiella oligotropha (J. R. Laundon) Coppins & P. James (3), Pleurosticta acetabulum (Neck.) Elix & Lumbsch (9), Psoroglaena stigonemoides (Orange) Henssen (1), Ramalina dilacerata (Hoffm.) Hoffm. (1), Ramalina fastigiata (Pers.) Ach. (4), Ramalina fraxinea (L.) Ach. (9), Ramalina obtusata aggr. (2), Ramalina pollinaria (Westr.) Ach. (8), Ramalina roesleri (Schaer.) Hue (1), Rinodina capensis Hampe (2), Rinodina conradii Körb. (1), Rinodina exigua (Ach.) Gray (2), Rinodina griseosoralifera Coppins (2), Rinodina isidioides (Borrer) H. Olivier (3), Rinodina olivaceobrunnea C.W. Dodge & G.E. Baker (1), Rinodina polyspora Th. Fr. (1), Rinodina polysporoides Giralt & H. Mayrhofer (2), Rinodina pyrina (Ach.) Arnold (5), Rinodina sophodes (Ach.) A. Massal. (6), Romjularia lurida (Ach.) Timdal (3), Schismatomma pericleum (Ach.) Branth & Rostr. (2), Sclerophora pallida (Pers.) Y.J. Yao & Spooner (1), Scytinium teretiusculum (Wallr.) Otálora, P.M. Jørg. & Wedin (7), Sphaerophorus globosus (Huds.) Vain. (5), Squamarina lentigera (Weber) Poelt (13), Stereocaulon rivulorum H. Magn. (30), Sticta sylvatica (Huds.) Ach. (7), Thelopsis rubella Nyl. (3), Thelotrema lepadinum (Ach.) Ach. (3), Usnea cavernosa Tuck. (2), Usnea longissima Ach. (2), Usnocetraria oakesiana (Tuck.) M.J. Lai & J.C. Wei (1), Varicellaria hemisphaerica (Flörke) I. Schmitt & Lumbsch (7), Varicellaria rhodocarpa (Körb.) Th. Fr. (1), Vulpicida juniperinus (L.) J.-E. Mattsson & M.J. Lai (3), Xanthomendoza fulva (Hoffm.) Søchting, Kärnefelt & S.Y. Kondr. (5), Xanthomendoza ulophyllodes (Räsänen) Søchting, Kärnefelt & S.Y. Kondr. (4)