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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: 140'226
- Total number of lichen species found: 1'810
- Number of lichen findings this year: 817
- The last 10 lichen findings:
Cetraria islandica (L.) Ach. s. lat. (15.07.2022), Cladonia arbuscula aggr. (15.07.2022), Cladonia uncialis (L.) F.H. Wigg. s. lat. (15.07.2022), Cladonia uncialis (L.) F.H. Wigg. s. lat. (15.07.2022), Cladonia arbuscula aggr. (15.07.2022), Cetraria islandica (L.) Ach. s. lat. (15.07.2022), Cladonia uncialis (L.) F.H. Wigg. s. lat. (15.07.2022), Cladonia arbuscula aggr. (15.07.2022), Cetraria islandica (L.) Ach. s. lat. (15.07.2022), Cladonia uncialis (L.) F.H. Wigg. s. lat. (15.07.2022) - Number of endangered lichen species found this year (number of findings per species in brackets): 86
Alectoria sarmentosa (Ach.) Ach. (1), Anaptychia ciliaris (L.) Körb. (5), Anaptychia crinalis (Schleich.) Vězda ex J. Nowak (1), Bactrospora dryina (Ach.) A. Massal. (7), Biatora helvola Körb. ex Hellb. (1), Bryoria bicolor (Ehrh.) Brodo & D. Hawksw. (2), Bryoria nadvornikiana (Gyeln.) Brodo & D. Hawksw. (1), Buellia epigaea (Pers.) Tuck. (1), Caloplaca alnetorum Giralt, Nimis & Poelt (1), Caloplaca cerinella (Nyl.) Flagey (1), Caloplaca chrysophthalma Degel. (3), Caloplaca lucifuga G. Thor (4), Catapyrenium psoromoides (Borrer) R. Sant. (1), Cetraria sepincola (Ehrh.) Ach. (2), Chaenotheca brachypoda (Ach.) Tibell (1), Chaenotheca brunneola (Ach.) Müll. Arg. (1), Chaenotheca gracilenta (Ach.) Mattson & Middelb. (1), Cladonia rangiformis Hoffm. (4), Cladonia rei Schaer. (1), Collema subflaccidum Degel. (1), Dendrographa decolorans (Turner & Borrer) Ertz & Tehler (5), Diplotomma alboatrum (Hoffm.) Flot. (5), Endocarpon pusillum Hedw. (1), Evernia divaricata (L.) Ach. (13), Evernia mesomorpha Nyl. (5), Gyalecta fagicola (Arnold) Kremp. (1), Gyalecta flotowii Körb. (4), Gyalecta ulmi (Sw.) Zahlbr. (7), Gyalolechia fulgens (Sw.) Søchting, Frödén & Arup (3), Heppia adglutinata (Kremp.) A. Massal. (1), Heterodermia speciosa (Wulfen) Trevis. (2), Hypogymnia vittata (Ach.) Parrique (2), Hypotrachyna minarum (Vain.) Krog & Swinscow (1), Hypotrachyna sinuosa (Sm.) Hale (3), Inoderma byssaceum (Weigel) Gray (4), Lecanora conizaeoides Nyl. ex Cromb. (2), Leptogium burnetiae C.W. Dodge (2), Leptogium cyanescens (Ach.) Körb. (1), Leptogium hildenbrandii (Garov.) Nyl. (3), Leptogium saturninum (Dicks.) Nyl. (22), Lobaria pulmonaria (L.) Hoffm. (144), 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 (3), Melanohalea septentrionalis (Lynge) O. Blanco, A. Crespo, Divakar, Essl., D. Hawksw. & Lumbsch (1), Menegazzia terebrata (Hoffm.) A. Massal. (2), Nephroma resupinatum (L.) Ach. (2), Nephromopsis laureri (Kremp.) Kurok. (2), Ochrolechia pallescens (L.) A. Massal. (1), Ochrolechia szatalaensis Verseghy (2), Pannaria conoplea (Ach.) Bory (5), Parmeliella triptophylla (Ach.) Müll. Arg. (3), Parmelina pastillifera (Harm.) Hale (2), Parmotrema arnoldii (Du Rietz) Hale (2), Parmotrema crinitum (Ach.) M. Choisy (1), Parmotrema perlatum (Huds.) M. Choisy (2), Peltigera collina (Ach.) Schrad. (4), Peltigera horizontalis (Huds.) Baumg. (1), Peltigera membranacea (Ach.) Nyl. (1), Pertusaria coccodes (Ach.) Nyl. (2), Pertusaria coronata (Ach.) Th. Fr. (1), Phaeophyscia insignis (Mereschk.) Moberg (2), Phaeophyscia poeltii (Frey) Nimis (3), Phlyctis agelaea (Ach.) Flot. (1), Physconia enteroxantha (Nyl.) Poelt (1), Physconia grisea (Lam.) Poelt s. lat. (1), Physconia perisidiosa (Erichsen) Moberg (2), Pleurosticta acetabulum (Neck.) Elix & Lumbsch (1), Psoroglaena stigonemoides (Orange) Henssen (1), Ramalina fastigiata (Pers.) Ach. (3), Ramalina fraxinea (L.) Ach. (4), Ramalina roesleri (Schaer.) Hue (2), Ramalina sinensis Jatta (3), Ramalina thrausta (Ach.) Nyl. (2), Rinodina isidioides (Borrer) H. Olivier (1), Sclerophora pallida (Pers.) Y.J. Yao & Spooner (5), Sphaerophorus globosus (Huds.) Vain. (1), Squamarina cartilaginea (With.) P. James s. lat. (3), Stereocaulon incrustatum Flörke (8), Sticta sylvatica (Huds.) Ach. (1), Thelenella muscorum (Fr.) Vain. s. lat. (1), Thelotrema lepadinum (Ach.) Ach. (1), Toninia physaroides (Opiz) Zahlbr. (1), Usnea florida (L.) F.H. Wigg. (1), Usnocetraria oakesiana (Tuck.) M.J. Lai & J.C. Wei (1), Xanthomendoza fulva (Hoffm.) Søchting, Kärnefelt & S.Y. Kondr. (1), Xanthomendoza ulophyllodes (Räsänen) Søchting, Kärnefelt & S.Y. Kondr. (1)