Lichens of Karnataka
142 lichens on the India list have an open record placed in Karnataka, 16 endemic to India.
A species is in a state when it has an open record placed there: a record anyone can check online (a GBIF record, or a research-grade iNaturalist observation). Threatened: IUCN Red List Critically Endangered, Endangered or Vulnerable. List of the week of 2026-11-09.
Lichens of Karnataka endemic to India (16)
- Allographa contortuplicata
- Allographa norlabiata
- Allographa stictilabiata
- Collema flaccidum Flaking Tarpaper Lichen
- Diorygma rufosporum
- Graphina streblocarpa
- Graphina subserpentina
- Graphis aphanes
- Graphis longiramea
- Graphis vittata
- Hemithecium nakanishianum
- Hypotrachyna costaricensis
- Ocellularia diacida
- Phaeographina caesiopruinosa
- Phlyctis karnatakana
- Thelotrema kamatii
All lichens of Karnataka on the list (142)
- Acanthothecis peplophora
- Allographa contortuplicata
- Allographa epixantha
- Allographa laubertiana
- Allographa multistriata
- Allographa norlabiata
- Allographa stictilabiata
- Arthonia caribaea Caribbean dot lichen
- Asteristion alboolivaceum
- Asteristion cupulare
- Bellemerea cinereorufescens bellemerea lichen
- Brianaria sylvicola
- Bulbothrix isidiza bulbothrix lichen
- Calogaya saxicola Rock Jewel Lichen
- Canoparmelia aptata
- Canoparmelia texana Texas Shield Lichen
- Chapsa halei
- Chapsa laemensis
- Chapsa scabiomarginata
- Chiodecton congestulum
- Clathroporina mastoidea
- Coccocarpia erythroxyli Fruiting Shell
- Coccocarpia palmicola Salted Shell Lichen
- Collema flaccidum Flaking Tarpaper Lichen
- Collema subfurvum
- Dichosporidium boschianum
- Diorygma junghuhnii
- Diorygma megasporum
- Diorygma rufosporum
- Dirinaria picta Powdery Medallion
- Dyplolabia afzelii Afzel's script lichen
- Eschatogonia marivelensis
- Eschatogonia triptophyllina
- Fissurina cingalina
- Fissurina dumastii
- Flavoparmelia caperata common greenshield lichen
- Graphina colliculosa
- Graphina fissofurcata
- Graphina streblocarpa
- Graphina subserpentina
- Graphis aphaneomicrospora
- Graphis aphanes
- Graphis epiphloea
- Graphis handelii
- Graphis implicata
- Graphis japonica
- Graphis leptoclada
- Graphis longiramea
- Graphis persulcata
- Graphis tenellula
- Graphis vittata
- Hemithecium nakanishianum
- Hemithecium oshioi
- Hyperphyscia adglutinata Grainy Shadow-crust Lichen
- Hypotrachyna costaricensis
- Hypotrachyna crenata
- Hypotrachyna immaculata
- Hypotrachyna infirma
- Lecanora caesiorubella rim lichen
- Lepidocollema fuscatum
- Letrouitia transgressa
- Leucodermia leucomelos
- Malmidea duplomarginata
- Melanotrema platystomum
- Myelochroa perisidians
- Myriotrema clandestinum
- Myriotrema microporum myriotrema lichen
- Myriotrema secernendum
- Myriotrema subconforme
- Myriotrema terebratulum myriotrema lichen
- Nitidochapsa leprieurii
- Ocellularia allospora
- Ocellularia americana American volcano
- Ocellularia arecae
- Ocellularia diacida
- Ocellularia groenhartii
- Ocellularia inturgescens
- Ocellularia jamesii
- Ocellularia karnatakensis
- Ocellularia keralensis
- Ocellularia masonhalei
- Ocellularia papillata
- Ocellularia perforata
- Ocellularia subkeralensis
- Ocellularia thelotrematoides
- Pannaria lurida Wrinkled Shingle Lichen
- Parmelinella simplicior
- Parmotrema andinum
- Parmotrema austrosinense Pretty Ruffle
- Parmotrema cristiferum parmotrema lichen
- Parmotrema hababianum parmotrema lichen
- Parmotrema perlatum Black Stone Flower
- Parmotrema planatilobatum
- Parmotrema praesorediosum parmotrema lichen
- Parmotrema rampoddense Long-whiskered Ruffle
- Parmotrema reticulatum Black Sheet Lichen
- Parmotrema tinctorum Old Gray Ruffles
- Phaeographina caesiopruinosa
- Phaeographina quassiaecola
- Phaeographis caesioradians
- Phlyctis karnatakana
- Physconia detersa Bottlebrush Frost Lichen
- Platythecium intortulum
- Poeltonia grisea
- Porina africana
- Porina eminentior
- Pseudochapsa phlyctidioides
- Pseudochapsa pseudoexanthismocarpa
- Pseudochapsa subpatens
- Pseudotopeliopsis laceratula
- Relicina abstrusa relicina lichen
- Relicina malaccensis
- Remototrachyna dodapetta
- Remototrachyna thryptica
- Roccella montagnei Southern Beach Lichen
- Sanguinotrema wightii Garnet-studded Volcano
- Sarcographa subtricosa
- Stictospora oleae
- Thecaria quassiicola
- Thelotrema adjectum barnacle lichen
- Thelotrema allosporoides
- Thelotrema berkeleyanum
- Thelotrema colobicum
- Thelotrema defossum
- Thelotrema kamatii
- Thelotrema lepademersum
- Thelotrema lepadinum Bark Barnacles
- Thelotrema leprocarpoides
- Thelotrema minarum
- Thelotrema patwardhanii
- Thelotrema petractoides
- Thelotrema poeltii
- Thelotrema pseudosubtile
- Thelotrema similans
- Thelotrema subtile Common Bark-barnacles
- Usnea leucospilodea
- Wirthiotrema desquamans
- Wirthiotrema glaucopallens
- Wirthiotrema trypaneoides
- Xanthoparmelia mougeotina
- Xanthoparmelia saxeti
- Zwackhia bonplandii
Lichens elsewhere
India · Andaman and Nicobar · Andhra Pradesh · Arunachal Pradesh · Assam · Bihar · Chhattisgarh · Delhi · Goa · Haryana · Himachal Pradesh · Jammu and Kashmir · Jharkhand · Kerala · Ladakh · Madhya Pradesh · Maharashtra · Manipur · Meghalaya · Nagaland · Odisha · Puducherry · Punjab · Rajasthan · Sikkim · Tamil Nadu · Telangana · Uttar Pradesh · Uttarakhand · West Bengal · Trans-Himalaya · Himalaya · Semi-Arid · Western Ghats · Deccan Peninsula · Gangetic Plain · Coasts · North-East · Islands
Other species of Karnataka
Birds · Large mammals · Bats · Rodents, shrews and hares · Whales, dolphins and other mammals · Reptiles · Amphibians · Fish · Butterflies · Moths · Dragonflies and damselflies · Beetles · Bees, wasps and ants · Flies · True bugs · Other insects · Spiders and other arachnids · Molluscs · Crabs, shrimps and kin · Orchids · Grasses and sedges · Ferns and lycophytes · Other flowering plants and conifers · Mosses and liverworts · Fungi · Algae and diatoms · Other species