Lichens of the Himalaya
647 lichens on the India list have a GBIF record placed in the Himalaya, 1 of them threatened (1 Critically Endangered) and 83 endemic to India.
A species is in a region when a GBIF record of it is placed there (the biogeographic zones of the Wildlife Institute of India). Threatened: IUCN Red List Critically Endangered, Endangered or Vulnerable. List of the week of 2026-11-09.
Threatened lichens of the Himalaya (1)
Lichens of the Himalaya endemic to India (83)
- Allocetraria ambigua
- Allographa contortuplicata
- Allographa upduna
- Arthothelium chiodectoides
- Calicium adspersum spike lichen
- Catillaria lenticularis catillaria lichen
- Cladonia luteoalba cup lichen
- Cresponea plurilocularis
- Cryptothecia lunulata
- Cryptothecia polymorpha
- Dendriscosticta platyphylloides
- Dendriscosticta praetextata
- Diorygma hieroglyphicum
- Diorygma longilirellatum
- Diorygma macgregorii
- Diorygma poitaei
- Diploschistes gypsaceus crater lichen
- Fissurina homichlodes
- Graphina dimidiata
- Graphina streblocarpa
- Graphina subserpentina
- Graphis aphanes
- Graphis caesiella script lichen
- Graphis indica
- Graphis longiramea
- Graphis nanodes
- Graphis oligospora
- Graphis scripta Common Script Lichen
- Graphis vittata
- Hemithecium nagalandicum
- Hemithecium nakanishianum
- Herpothallon echinatum
- Herpothallon japonicum
- Herpothallon philippinum
- Heterodermia podocarpa
- Hypogymnia alpina
- Hypogymnia physodes Hooded Tube Lichen
- Hypogymnia pseudohypotrypa
- Hypogymnia thomsoniana
- Hypotrachyna nepalensis
- Lasallia pertusa
- Lecanora austrointumescens
- Lecanora concilianda
- Lecanora subalbellina
- Lecanora wilsonii
- Leiorreuma exaltatum
- Leptogium fallax
- Leptogium pseudopapillosum
- Leptogium teretiusculum terete skin lichen
- Lithocalla ecorticata
- Lobaria discolor
- Loflammia gabrielis
- Mycoblastus affinis White Heart Lichen
- Pallidogramme chrysenteron
- Pallidogramme divaricoides
- Parmelia sulcata shield lichen
- Parmeliella thriptophylla
- Parmelinella chozoubae
- Parmotrema arnoldii Arnold's powdered-ruffle
- Parmotrema hababianum parmotrema lichen
- Parmotrema saccatilobum
- Pertusaria ceylonica
- Pertusaria pertusa
- Phaeographina caesiopruinosa
- Physcia dubia Powder-tipped Rosette Lichen
- Platythecium serpentinellum CR
- Porina albicera
- Porina fulvella
- Porina mastoidella
- Porina pallescens
- Ramalina hossei
- Remototrachyna rigidula
- Rhabdodiscus crassus
- Rinodina intrusa
- Sarcographa labyrinthica Sarcographa Lichen
- Stereocaulon myriocarpum snow lichen
- Tylophoron moderatum tylophoron lichen
- Umbilicaria indica
- Umbilicaria yunnana
- Usnea bismolliuscula
- Usnea himantodes
- Usnea perplexans Lapland Beard Lichen
- Usnea splendens
All lichens of the Himalaya on the list (647)
- Acolium inquinans Cupped Soot Lichen
- Acroscyphus sphaerophoroides Crab Eye Lichen
- Allocetraria ambigua
- Allographa acharii
- Allographa contortuplicata
- Allographa daintreensis
- Allographa farinulenta
- Allographa hossei
- Allographa marginata
- Allographa nuda
- Allographa pachygrapha
- Allographa subassimilis
- Allographa subdisserpens
- Allographa upduna
- Amandinea montana
- Anaptychia ciliaris Great Ciliated Lichen
- Anaptychia esorediata
- Arctomia fascicularis
- Arthonia antillarum
- Arthonia palmulacea dot lichen
- Arthonia subgyrosa
- Arthonia trilocularis
- Arthothelium chiodectoides
- Arthothelium spectabile arthothelium lichen
- Arthrorhaphis citrinella Golden Dot-Lichen
- Aspicilia cinerea cinder lichen
- Aspidothelium scutellicarpum
- Astrochapsa pseudophlyctis
- Athallia cerinella
- Aulaxina quadrangula Angle-ring leaf-whiskers
- Bacidia heterochroa
- Bacidia laurocerasi dotted lichen
- Bacidia millegrana
- Bacidia rubella Frosty-rimmed Dot Lichen
- Bacidina apiahica
- Bacidiopsora psorina
- Bactrospora myriadea
- Baculifera remensa
- Baeomyces pachypus
- Bapalmuia palmularis
- Biatora subduplex
- Biatora vernalis Spring Dot Lichen
- Blastenia ferruginea Rusty Firedot Lichen
- Blastenia furfuracea
- Brasilicia olivaceorufa
- Brigantiaea leucoxantha American Sunrise
- Bryoria asiatica
- Bryoria bicolor Bicolored Horsehair Lichen
- Bryoria confusa
- Bryoria himalayensis
- Bryoria rigida
- Bryoria smithii
- Bryoria tenuis Pied Horsehair Lichen
- Buellia aethalea Darkened Button Lichen
- Buellia curatellae
- Buellia disciformis Boreal Button Lichen
- Buellia leptocline disc lichen
- Buellia moreliiensis
- Buellia polyspora
- Buellia posthabita
- Buellia subnexa
- Bulbothrix isidiza bulbothrix lichen
- Bulbothrix meizospora
- Bulbothrix setschwanensis
- Bullatina aspidota bullatina lichen
- Byssolecania deplanata
- Byssolecania fumosonigricans
- Byssoloma chlorinum
- Byssoloma leucoblepharum Brown-disk Fuzzy-Rim
- Byssoloma polychromum
- Byssoloma subdiscordans Black-disk Fuzzy-Rim
- Byssoloma tricholomum byssoloma lichen
- Calicium abietinum spike lichen
- Calicium adspersum spike lichen
- Calicium chlorosporum spike lichen
- Calicium glaucellum white ring stubble lichen
- Calicium indicum
- Calicium laevigatum
- Calicium lenticulare spike lichen
- Calicium nobile
- Calicium pyriforme
- Calicium quercinum spike lichen
- Calicium salicinum spike lichen
- Calicium tenuisporum
- Calicium trabinellum Yellow Collar Stubble Lichen
- Calicium verrucosum
- Calicium viride Green Stubble Lichen
- Calogaya saxicola Rock Jewel Lichen
- Calopadia fusca Palmetto-leaf Lichen
- Calopadia perpallida
- Calopadia puiggarii Puiggar's calopadia lichen
- Calopadia subcoerulescens
- Caloplaca brebissonii
- Caloplaca herbidella orange lichen
- Caloplaca indica
- Canoparmelia aptata
- Catillaria lenticularis catillaria lichen
- Catinaria atropurpurea catinaria lichen
- Cetraria laii
- Cetraria muricata Dubious Heath Lichen
- Cetrariopsis wallichiana
- Cetrelia braunsiana
- Cetrelia cetrarioides Speckled Rag Lichen
- Cetrelia collata
- Cetrelia olivetorum Sea Storm Lichen
- Cetrelia pseudolivetorum
- Cetreliopsis rhytidocarpa
- Chiodecton leptosporum
- Chroodiscus coccineus
- Chroodiscus mirificus
- Chrysothrix candelaris gold dust lichen
- Circinaria calcarea calcareous rimmed lichen
- Cladia aggregata Common Cladia
- Cladonia amaurocraea Quill Lichen
- Cladonia awasthiana
- Cladonia borbonica
- Cladonia cartilaginea
- Cladonia chlorophaea Mealy Pixie Cup
- Cladonia coccifera madame's cup lichen
- Cladonia coniocraea Common Powderhorn
- Cladonia corniculata
- Cladonia corymbescens
- Cladonia crispata Organ-pipe Lichen
- Cladonia delavayi
- Cladonia didyma Southern Soldiers
- Cladonia fenestralis
- Cladonia fimbriata Trumpet Lichen
- Cladonia fruticulosa
- Cladonia furcata many-forked cladonia
- Cladonia indica
- Cladonia kurokawae
- Cladonia laii
- Cladonia luteoalba cup lichen
- Cladonia lutescens
- Cladonia macilenta Lipstick Powderhorn
- Cladonia macroceras Bullet-proof Pixie Lichen
- Cladonia macroptera
- Cladonia mauritiana
- Cladonia nitida
- Cladonia pyxidata Pebbled Pixie Cup
- Cladonia ramulosa Branched Pixie-cup Lichen
- Cladonia rangiferina gray reindeer lichen
- Cladonia rei Wand Lichen
- Cladonia scabriuscula Mealy Forked Cladonia
- Cladonia singhii
- Cladonia squamosa Dragon Horn
- Cladonia stellaris Star-tipped Reindeer Lichen
- Cladonia subconistea
- Cladonia submultiformis
- Cladonia subradiata Powdery Peg Lichen
- Cladonia yunnana
- Clathroporina anoptella
- Coccocarpia erythroxyli Fruiting Shell
- Coccocarpia palmicola Salted Shell Lichen
- Coccocarpia pellita
- Coccotrema cucurbitula
- Coenogonium luteum Orange Dimple Lichen
- Coenogonium subluteum
- Coenogonium zonatum
- Collema complanatum
- Collema furfuraceum Effervescent Tarpaper Lichen
- Collema nigrescens Blistered Jelly Lichen
- Collema pulcellum Blistered Jelly Lichen
- Collema subflaccidum Tree Jelly
- Collema texanum Texas jelly lichen
- Coniocarpon cinnabarinum
- Cratiria submuriformis
- Cresponea plurilocularis
- Cryptothecia lunulata
- Cryptothecia polymorpha
- Cryptothecia scripta
- Dendriscosticta platyphylla
- Dendriscosticta platyphylloides
- Dendriscosticta praetextata
- Dimelaena oreina Golden Moonglow Lichen
- Diorygma hieroglyphicum
- Diorygma junghuhnii
- Diorygma longilirellatum
- Diorygma macgregorii
- Diorygma megasporum
- Diorygma poitaei
- Diorygma pruinosum
- Diorygma radiatum
- Diorygma soozanum
- Diploschistes actinostomus Cracked Granite Crater
- Diploschistes caesioplumbeus
- Diploschistes cinereocaesius
- Diploschistes diacapsis Desert Crater Lichen
- Diploschistes gypsaceus crater lichen
- Diploschistes scruposus Crater Lichen
- Diplotomma alboatrum diplotomma lichen
- Diplotomma pharcidium
- Dirinaria confluens dirinaria lichen
- Dirinaria consimilis
- Dirinaria picta Powdery Medallion
- Dolichousnea longissima Old Man's Beard
- Dyplolabia afzelii Afzel's script lichen
- Echinoplaca epiphylla
- Echinoplaca pellicula
- Erythrodecton malacum
- Eumitria baileyi
- Eumitria pectinata
- Evernia mesomorpha Boreal Oakmoss
- Evernia prunastri Oakmoss
- Fellhanera bouteillei Pale Leaf-Dot
- Fellhanera fuscatula
- Fellhanera mastothallina
- Fellhanera rhaphidophylli
- Fellhanera semecarpi
- Fibrillithecis halei
- Fissurina homichlodes
- Fissurina subcontexta
- Flavoparmelia caperata common greenshield lichen
- Flavoplaca citrina Mealy Firedot Lichen
- Flavopunctelia flaventior Speckled Greenshield
- Flavopunctelia soredica Powder-edged Speckled Greenshield
- Fouragea filicina
- Glyphis cicatricosa Blistered Script Lichen
- Glyphis scyphulifera
- Graphina dimidiata
- Graphina marcescens
- Graphina parilis
- Graphina streblocarpa
- Graphina subserpentina
- Graphis anfractuosa
- Graphis anguilliformis
- Graphis aphaneomicrospora
- Graphis aphanes
- Graphis caesiella script lichen
- Graphis cincta
- Graphis cycadicola
- Graphis darjeelingensis
- Graphis duplicata
- Graphis filiformis
- Graphis furcata Hidden Script
- Graphis glaucescens script lichen
- Graphis handelii
- Graphis indica
- Graphis japonica
- Graphis kousyuensis
- Graphis leptoclada
- Graphis librata
- Graphis longiramea
- Graphis nanodes
- Graphis oligospora
- Graphis paraserpens
- Graphis pertricosa
- Graphis pinicola
- Graphis proserpens
- Graphis renschiana
- Graphis scripta Common Script Lichen
- Graphis sitapurensis
- Graphis tenella script lichen
- Graphis valparaiensis
- Graphis vittata
- Gyalectidium filicinum gyalectidium lichen
- Gymnoderma coccocarpum
- Haematomma puniceum
- Haematomma wattii
- Hemithecium amboliense
- Hemithecium nagalandicum
- Hemithecium nakanishianum
- Herpothallon cinereum
- Herpothallon echinatum
- Herpothallon japonicum
- Herpothallon philippinum
- Heterodermia angustiloba
- Heterodermia barbifera
- Heterodermia diademata shield lichen
- Heterodermia firmula
- Heterodermia himalayana
- Heterodermia incana
- Heterodermia japonica
- Heterodermia obscurata Obscure Shield Lichen
- Heterodermia pellucida
- Heterodermia podocarpa
- Heterodermia pseudospeciosa shield lichen
- Heterodermia rubescens
- Heterodermia speciosa Powdered Fringe Lichen
- Hypocenomyce scalaris Common Clam Lichen
- Hypogymnia alpina
- Hypogymnia arcuata
- Hypogymnia austerodes Varnished Tube Lichen
- Hypogymnia enteromorpha Budding Tube Lichen
- Hypogymnia hypotrypella
- Hypogymnia physodes Hooded Tube Lichen
- Hypogymnia pseudohypotrypa
- Hypogymnia thomsoniana
- Hypogymnia tubularis
- Hypogymnia vittata Brownish Monk's-hood Lichen
- Hypotrachyna adducta
- Hypotrachyna cirrhata
- Hypotrachyna exsecta
- Hypotrachyna imbricatula hypotrachyna lichen
- Hypotrachyna infirma
- Hypotrachyna koyaensis
- Hypotrachyna neocirrhata
- Hypotrachyna nepalensis
- Hypotrachyna osseoalba Wake Turbulence
- Hypotrachyna physcioides
- Hypotrachyna pluriformis
- Hypotrachyna pseudosinuosa hypotrachyna lichen
- Hypotrachyna scytophylla
- Hypotrachyna spumosa Frothy Loop
- Hypotrachyna vexans
- Inoderma byssaceum
- Ionaspis lacustris Rusty Brook Lichen
- Klauskalbia flabellata
- Kurokawia runcinata
- Lasallia papulosa Common Toadskin Lichen
- Lasallia pertusa
- Lasioloma arachnoideum
- Lasioloma phycophilum
- Lecanora achroa
- Lecanora alba
- Lecanora albella
- Lecanora austrointumescens
- Lecanora caesiorubella rim lichen
- Lecanora chondroderma
- Lecanora concilianda
- Lecanora fimbriatula
- Lecanora flavidofusca
- Lecanora geophila rim lichen
- Lecanora helva
- Lecanora hensseniae
- Lecanora impudens rim lichen
- Lecanora imshaugii Imshaug's rim lichen
- Lecanora interjecta
- Lecanora perplexa perplexed rim lichen
- Lecanora phaeocardia
- Lecanora pulicaris Common Rim Lichen
- Lecanora subalbellina
- Lecanora subimmersa
- Lecanora subjaponica
- Lecanora symmicta Fused Rim Lichen
- Lecanora thysanophora Mapledust Lichen
- Lecanora tropica
- Lecanora wilsonii
- Lecidella euphorea Bark Disk Lichen
- Lecidoma demissum Brown Earth-crust Lichen
- Leiorreuma exaltatum
- Leiorreuma subpatellulum
- Lepra amara bitter wart lichen
- Lepra colorata
- Lepra composita
- Lepra leucosorodes
- Lepra multipuncta
- Lepra submultipuncta
- Leprantha cinereopruinosa
- Lepraria cupressicola
- Lepraria lobificans Fluffy Dust Lichen
- Lepraria rigidula
- Leptogium arisanense
- Leptogium asiaticum
- Leptogium askotense
- Leptogium austroamericanum Dixie Jellyskin
- Leptogium burgessii Burgess' skin lichen
- Leptogium burnetiae Long-bearded Jellyskin Lichen
- Leptogium cyanescens Blue Jellyskin
- Leptogium delavayi
- Leptogium fallax
- Leptogium javanicum
- Leptogium menziesii
- Leptogium moluccanum
- Leptogium pedicellatum
- Leptogium pseudopapillosum
- Leptogium saturninum Bearded Jellyskin Lichen
- Leptogium teretiusculum terete skin lichen
- Leptogium trichophorum
- Leptogium wilsonii
- Lethariella cladonioides
- Letrouitia transgressa
- Leucodermia boryi
- Leucodermia leucomelos
- Lithocalla ecorticata
- Lobaria discolor
- Lobaria fuscotomentosa
- Lobaria isidiophora
- Lobaria kurokawae lung lichen
- Lobaria pindarensis
- Lobaria pseudopulmonaria lung lichen
- Lobaria pulmonaria Tree Lungwort
- Lobaria retigera Smoker's Lung Lichen
- Lobothallia alphoplaca
- Loflammia gabrielis
- Malmidea granifera
- Mazosia bambusae
- Mazosia melanophthalma
- Mazosia phyllosema
- Mazosia rotula
- Mazosia tumidula
- Megalaria laureri
- Megalospora atrorubricans
- Megalospora pruinata
- Megalospora tuberculosa megalospora lichen
- Melanelia hepatizon Rimmed Camouflage Lichen
- Melanelia stygia Stygian Black-parmelia
- Melanelixia subargentifera Whiskered Camouflage Lichen
- Melanelixia villosella
- Melanohalea exasperatula Lustrous Camouflage Lichen
- Menegazzia terebrata Port-hole Lichen
- Microcalicium ahlneri Ahlner's microcalicium lichen
- Microcalicium disseminatum Whisk Broom Lichen
- Montanelia disjuncta Mealy Camouflage Lichen
- Montanelia panniformis Shingled Camouflage Lichen
- Mycoblastus affinis White Heart Lichen
- Myelochroa aurulenta Powdery Axil-bristle Lichen
- Myelochroa metarevoluta myelochroa lichen
- Myelochroa xantholepis
- Myriostigma candidum
- Myriotrema microporum myriotrema lichen
- Myriotrema rugiferum
- Nephroma helveticum Fringed Kidney Lichen
- Nephromopsis laeteflava
- Nephromopsis melaloma
- Nephromopsis nephromoides
- Nephromopsis nigricascens
- Nephromopsis pallescens
- Nephromopsis stracheyi
- Ocellularia neopertusariiformis
- Ocellularia papillata
- Ocellularia subgranulosa
- Ochrolechia androgyna Powdery Saucer Lichen
- Ochrolechia harmandii
- Ochrolechia pallescens
- Ochrolechia rosella
- Ochrolechia subpallescens crabseye lichen
- Ochrolechia trochophora Rosy Saucer Lichen
- Omphalodina chrysoleuca
- Opegrapha vulgata Common Scribble
- Opeltia flavorubescens
- Ophioparma ventosa Alpine Bloodspot Lichen
- Oxneria fallax
- Oxneriopsis bassiae
- Pallidogramme chrysenteron
- Pallidogramme divaricoides
- Parmelia saxatilis Salted Shield Lichen
- Parmelia sulcata shield lichen
- Parmeliella thriptophylla
- Parmelina subaurulenta
- Parmelina tiliacea Linden shield lichen
- Parmelinella chozoubae
- Parmelinella simplicior
- Parmelinella wallichiana
- Parmeliopsis ambigua ambiguous bran lichen
- Parmotrema arnoldii Arnold's powdered-ruffle
- Parmotrema austrosinense Pretty Ruffle
- Parmotrema cetratum
- Parmotrema hababianum parmotrema lichen
- Parmotrema mellissii Melliss' parmotrema lichen
- Parmotrema praesorediosum parmotrema lichen
- Parmotrema rampoddense Long-whiskered Ruffle
- Parmotrema reticulatum Black Sheet Lichen
- Parmotrema robustum
- Parmotrema saccatilobum
- Parmotrema sancti-angeli
- Parmotrema subsumptum
- Parmotrema subthomsonii
- Parmotrema thomsonii
- Parmotrema tinctorium
- Parmotrema tinctorum Old Gray Ruffles
- Parmotrema zollingeri Zollinger's parmotrema lichen
- Peltigera collina tree pelt lichen
- Peltigera dolichorhiza Longroot Pelt Lichen
- Peltigera elisabethae concentric pelt lichen
- Peltigera horizontalis horizontal pelt lichen
- Peltigera polydactylon many-fruited pelt lichen
- Peltigera praetextata scaly pelt lichen
- Peltigera pruinosa
- Peltigera rufescens field dog lichen
- Pertusaria ceylonica
- Pertusaria coccodes
- Pertusaria leioplaca
- Pertusaria pallida
- Pertusaria pertusa
- Phaeographina caesiopruinosa
- Phaeographis caesioradians
- Phaeographis lyellii
- Phaeographis scalpturata
- Phaeographopsis indica
- Phaeophyscia ciliata Ciliate Wreath Lichen
- Phaeophyscia endococcinodes Red-cored Starburst Shadow Lichen
- Phaeophyscia fumosa
- Phaeophyscia hirsuta Hairy Shadow Lichen
- Phaeophyscia hispidula Whiskered Shadow Lichen
- Phaeophyscia orbicularis Mealy Shadow Lichen
- Phyllopsora corallina Coral Rainforest Lichen
- Physcia aipolia Hoary Rosette Lichen
- Physcia albata
- Physcia askotensis
- Physcia caesia Blue-gray Rosette Lichen
- Physcia dilatata
- Physcia dubia Powder-tipped Rosette Lichen
- Physcia leptalea
- Physcia tribacioides
- Physconia distorta
- Physconia muscigena Ground Frost Lichen
- Physconia perisidiosa Crescent Frost Lichen
- Piccolia conspersa
- Platismatia erosa
The first 500 by name. See them on the map, with filters.
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