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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: 138'822
- Total number of lichen species found: 1'796
- Number of lichen findings this year: 129
- The last 10 lichen findings:
Stereocaulon incrustatum Flörke (21.02.2022), Leptogium hildenbrandii (Garov.) Nyl. (21.02.2022), Leptogium burnetiae C.W. Dodge (21.02.2022), Anaptychia ciliaris (L.) Körb. (18.02.2022), Alyxoria varia aggr. (18.02.2022), Porpidinia tumidula (Sm.) Timdal (14.02.2022), Melanelixia subargentifera (Nyl.) O. Blanco, A. Crespo, Divakar, Essl., D. Hawksw. & Lumbsch (14.02.2022), Lecidella elaeochroma aggr. (14.02.2022), Candelaria pacifica M. Westb. & Arup (14.02.2022), Acarospora laqueata Stizenb. (14.02.2022) - Number of endangered lichen species found this year (number of findings per species in brackets): 23
Alectoria sarmentosa (Ach.) Ach. (1), Anaptychia ciliaris (L.) Körb. (1), Evernia divaricata (L.) Ach. (2), Evernia mesomorpha Nyl. (2), Gyalolechia fulgens (Sw.) Søchting, Frödén & Arup (1), Leptogium burnetiae C.W. Dodge (1), Leptogium hildenbrandii (Garov.) Nyl. (1), Leptogium saturninum (Dicks.) Nyl. (2), Lobaria pulmonaria (L.) Hoffm. (70), Melanelixia glabra (Schaer.) O. Blanco, A. Crespo, Divakar, Essl., D. Hawksw. & Lumbsch (1), Menegazzia terebrata (Hoffm.) A. Massal. (1), Nephromopsis laureri (Kremp.) Kurok. (2), Parmeliella triptophylla (Ach.) Müll. Arg. (1), Parmotrema crinitum (Ach.) M. Choisy (1), Peltigera membranacea (Ach.) Nyl. (1), Ramalina fraxinea (L.) Ach. (1), Sphaerophorus globosus (Huds.) Vain. (1), Stereocaulon incrustatum Flörke (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)