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: 153'417
- Total number of lichen species found: 1'878
- Number of lichens reported this year: 10'132
- Number of lichen findings this year: 1'584
- The last 10 lichen findings:
Cetrelia (10.09.2023), Cladonia (10.09.2023), Cladonia rangiferina (L.) F.H. Wigg. (10.09.2023), Cladonia (10.09.2023), Multiclavula mucida (Pers.) R.H. Petersen (10.09.2023), Cladonia (10.09.2023), Cladonia (10.09.2023), Peltigera (10.09.2023), Diploschistes muscorum (Scop.) R. Sant. (10.09.2023), Collema (10.09.2023) - Number of endangered lichen species found this year (number of findings per species in brackets): 102
Alectoria sarmentosa (Ach.) Ach. (3), Anaptychia ciliaris (L.) Körb. (5), Anaptychia crinalis (Schleich.) Vězda ex J. Nowak (1), Bactrospora dryina (Ach.) A. Massal. (10), Buellia elegans Poelt (1), Caloplaca alnetorum Giralt, Nimis & Poelt (44), Caloplaca cerinella (Nyl.) Flagey (1), Caloplaca cerinelloides (Erichsen) Poelt (1), Caloplaca chrysophthalma Degel. (4), Caloplaca lucifuga G. Thor (1), Candelariella subdeflexa (Nyl.) Lettau (2), Cetrelia cetrarioides (Delise ex Duby) W.L. Culb. & C.F. Culb. (1), Cetrelia olivetorum (Nyl.) W.L. Culb. & C.F. Culb. (2), Chaenotheca brunneola (Ach.) Müll. Arg. (1), Cladonia caespiticia (Pers.) Flörke (3), Cladonia ciliata Stirt. (2), Cladonia foliacea (Huds.) Willd. (2), Cladonia polycarpoides Nyl. (1), Cladonia rangiformis Hoffm. (4), Cladonia stellaris (Opiz) Pouzar & Vězda (3), Cladonia subrangiformis Sandst. (1), Cladonia symphycarpa (Flörke) Fr. (4), Coenogonium luteum (Dicks.) Kalb & Lücking (5), Collema subflaccidum Degel. (5), Coniocarpon cinnabarinum DC. (1), Dendrographa decolorans (Turner & Borrer) Ertz & Tehler (1), Evernia divaricata (L.) Ach. (1), Fellhanera bouteillei (Desm.) Vězda (2), 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 (1), Hypotrachyna minarum (Vain.) Krog & Swinscow (1), Hypotrachyna taylorensis (M. E. Mitch.) Hale (1), Inoderma byssaceum (Weigel) Gray (2), Lecanactis abietina (Ach.) Körb. (2), Lecanora expallens Ach. (1), Lecanora leptyrodes (Nyl.) Degel. (2), Lecanora vinetorum Poelt & Huneck (1), Leprocaulon quisquiliare (Leers) M. Choisy (1), Leptogium hildenbrandii (Garov.) Nyl. (8), Leptogium saturninum (Dicks.) Nyl. (3), Lobaria pulmonaria (L.) Hoffm. (111), Lobarina scrobiculata (Scop.) Nyl. ex Cromb. (17), Lopadium disciforme (Flot.) Kullh. (1), Megalaria pulverea (Borrer) Hafellner & E. Schreiner (1), Melanelixia glabra (Schaer.) O. Blanco, A. Crespo, Divakar, Essl., D. Hawksw. & Lumbsch (2), Melanohalea elegantula (Zahlbr.) O. Blanco, A. Crespo, Divakar, Essl., D. Hawksw. & Lumbsch (1), Menegazzia terebrata (Hoffm.) A. Massal. (3), Mycoblastus caesius (Coppins & P. James) Tønsberg (1), Mycoblastus sanguinarius (L.) Norman (1), Nephroma bellum (Spreng.) Tuck. (1), Nephroma parile (Ach.) Ach. (2), Nephroma resupinatum (L.) Ach. (4), Ochrolechia arborea (Kreyer) Almb. (1), Ochrolechia pallescens (L.) A. Massal. (18), Ochrolechia turneri (Sm.) Hasselrot (1), Pannaria conoplea (Ach.) Bory (13), Parmeliella triptophylla (Ach.) Müll. Arg. (9), Parmelina pastillifera (Harm.) Hale (3), Parmotrema arnoldii (Du Rietz) Hale (1), Parmotrema crinitum (Ach.) M. Choisy (1), Parmotrema perlatum (Huds.) M. Choisy (5), Parmotrema reticulatum (Taylor) M. Choisy (2), Peltigera collina (Ach.) Schrad. (4), Peltigera horizontalis (Huds.) Baumg. (2), Peltigera lepidophora (Vain.) Bitter (1), Peltigera membranacea (Ach.) Nyl. (1), Pertusaria alpina Hepp ex Ahles (1), Pertusaria coronata (Ach.) Th. Fr. (4), Pertusaria pertusa (L.) Tuck. var. pertusa (1), Pertusaria pustulata (Ach.) Duby (3), Phaeophyscia insignis (Mereschk.) Moberg (4), Physconia enteroxantha (Nyl.) Poelt (1), Physconia grisea (Lam.) Poelt s. lat. (2), Physconia perisidiosa (Erichsen) Moberg (1), Piccolia ochrophora (Nyl.) Hafellner (2), Pleurosticta acetabulum (Neck.) Elix & Lumbsch (9), Ramalina fastigiata (Pers.) Ach. (4), Ramalina fraxinea (L.) Ach. (4), Ramalina obtusata aggr. (1), Ramalina pollinaria (Westr.) Ach. (2), Rinodina exigua (Ach.) Gray (1), Rinodina isidioides (Borrer) H. Olivier (3), Rinodina polysporoides Giralt & H. Mayrhofer (1), Romjularia lurida (Ach.) Timdal (1), Schismatomma pericleum (Ach.) Branth & Rostr. (1), Sclerophora pallida (Pers.) Y.J. Yao & Spooner (1), Scytinium teretiusculum (Wallr.) Otálora, P.M. Jørg. & Wedin (6), Sphaerophorus globosus (Huds.) Vain. (5), Squamarina lentigera (Weber) Poelt (13), Sticta sylvatica (Huds.) Ach. (7), Thelopsis rubella Nyl. (3), Thelotrema lepadinum (Ach.) Ach. (2), Usnocetraria oakesiana (Tuck.) M.J. Lai & J.C. Wei (1), Varicellaria hemisphaerica (Flörke) I. Schmitt & Lumbsch (6), Varicellaria rhodocarpa (Körb.) Th. Fr. (1), Vulpicida juniperinus (L.) J.-E. Mattsson & M.J. Lai (1), Xanthomendoza fulva (Hoffm.) Søchting, Kärnefelt & S.Y. Kondr. (1), Xanthomendoza ulophyllodes (Räsänen) Søchting, Kärnefelt & S.Y. Kondr. (4)