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: 191'512
- Total number of lichen species found: 2'104
- Number of lichens reported this year: 30'892
- Number of lichen findings this year: 315
- The last 10 lichen findings:
Chaenotheca chrysocephala (Ach.) Th. Fr. (24.02.2024), Chaenotheca trichialis (Ach.) Th. Fr. (24.02.2024), Chaenotheca stemonea (Ach.) Müll. Arg. (24.02.2024), Chaenotheca trichialis (Ach.) Th. Fr. (23.02.2024), Melanohalea exasperatula (Nyl.) O. Blanco, A. Crespo, Divakar, Essl., D. Hawksw. & Lumbsch (23.02.2024), Melanohalea exasperata (De Not.) O. Blanco, A. Crespo, Divakar, Essl., D. Hawksw. & Lumbsch (23.02.2024), Melanelixia glabratula aggr. (23.02.2024), Imshaugia aleurites (Ach.) S.L.F. Mey. (23.02.2024), Hypogymnia vittata (Ach.) Parrique (23.02.2024), Evernia prunastri (L.) Ach. (23.02.2024) - Number of endangered lichen species found this year (number of findings per species in brackets): 51
Bacidia biatorina (Körb.) Vain. (2), Bacidia circumspecta (Nyl. ex Vain.) Malme (1), Calicium lucidum (Th. Fr.) M. Prieto & Wedin (1), Caloplaca asserigena (Stizenb. ex J. Lahm) H. Olivier (1), Caloplaca pollinii (A. Massal.) Jatta (1), Chaenotheca phaeocephala (Turner) Th. Fr. (1), Cladonia polycarpoides Nyl. (1), Cladonia rangiformis Hoffm. (1), Cliostomum corrugatum (Ach.) Fr. (2), Collema subflaccidum Degel. (1), Enchylium conglomeratum (Hoffm.) Otálora, P.M. Jørg. & Wedin (2), Evernia divaricata (L.) Ach. (1), Fellhanera gyrophorica Sérus., Coppins, Diederich & Scheid. (1), Fellhaneropsis vezdae (Coppins & P. James) Sérus. & Coppins (1), Graphis elegans (Sm.) Ach. (1), Gyalecta flotowii Körb. (1), Gyalolechia fulgens (Sw.) Søchting, Frödén & Arup (3), Heterodermia obscurata (Nyl.) Trevis. (1), Hypogymnia vittata (Ach.) Parrique (1), Hypotrachyna taylorensis (M. E. Mitch.) Hale (2), Inoderma byssaceum (Weigel) Gray (1), Lecanactis abietina (Ach.) Körb. (3), Lepra trachythallina (Erichsen) Lendemer & R.C. Harris (1), Leptogium hildenbrandii (Garov.) Nyl. (2), Leptogium saturninum (Dicks.) Nyl. (1), Lobaria pulmonaria (L.) Hoffm. (9), Lopadium disciforme (Flot.) Kullh. (3), Melanohalea exasperata (De Not.) O. Blanco, A. Crespo, Divakar, Essl., D. Hawksw. & Lumbsch (1), Menegazzia terebrata (Hoffm.) A. Massal. (1), Micarea adnata Coppins (1), Ochrolechia arborea (Kreyer) Almb. (2), Ochrolechia szatalaensis Verseghy (1), Pannaria conoplea (Ach.) Bory (1), Parmotrema arnoldii (Du Rietz) Hale (1), Parmotrema perlatum (Huds.) M. Choisy (4), Phaeophyscia insignis (Mereschk.) Moberg (2), Physcia clementei (Turner) Maas Geest. (4), Pleurosticta acetabulum (Neck.) Elix & Lumbsch (2), Ramalina dilacerata (Hoffm.) Hoffm. (2), Ramalina fraxinea (L.) Ach. (1), Ramalina thrausta (Ach.) Nyl. (2), Rinodina capensis Hampe (1), Schismatomma pericleum (Ach.) Branth & Rostr. (1), Scoliciosporum pruinosum (P. James) Vězda (3), Squamarina lentigera (Weber) Poelt (4), Stereocaulon incrustatum Flörke (153), Sticta sylvatica (Huds.) Ach. (3), Thelotrema lepadinum (Ach.) Ach. (2), Usnea cavernosa Tuck. (2), Usnea ceratina Ach. (2), Xanthomendoza ulophyllodes (Räsänen) Søchting, Kärnefelt & S.Y. Kondr. (2)