Lichens of Sikkim
117 lichens on the India list have an open record placed in Sikkim, 13 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 Sikkim endemic to India (13)
- Allocetraria ambigua
- Diorygma poitaei
- Hypogymnia alpina
- Hypogymnia thomsoniana
- Melanohalea gomukhensis
- Pallidogramme divaricoides
- Parmelia sulcata shield lichen
- Parmotrema arnoldii Arnold's powdered-ruffle
- Parmotrema hababianum parmotrema lichen
- Remototrachyna rhabdiformis
- Stereocaulon myriocarpum snow lichen
- Umbilicaria indica
- Usnea bismolliuscula
All lichens of Sikkim on the list (117)
- Acroscyphus sphaerophoroides Crab Eye Lichen
- Allocetraria ambigua
- Allocetraria globulans
- Allographa acharii
- Bryoria bicolor Bicolored Horsehair Lichen
- Bryoria rigida
- Bulbothrix isidiza bulbothrix lichen
- Bulbothrix meizospora
- Canoparmelia aptata
- Canoparmelia texana Texas Shield Lichen
- Cetraria laii
- Cetraria nigricans Blackened Iceland Lichen
- Cetrelia braunsiana
- Cetrelia cetrarioides Speckled Rag Lichen
- Cetrelia olivetorum Sea Storm Lichen
- Cetrelia sinensis
- Cladonia coccifera madame's cup lichen
- Cladonia delavayi
- Cladonia fenestralis
- Cladonia fruticulosa
- Cladonia furcata many-forked cladonia
- Cladonia pyxidata Pebbled Pixie Cup
- Cladonia scabriuscula Mealy Forked Cladonia
- Diorygma poitaei
- Dirinaria applanata Dirinaria Lichen
- Dolichousnea longissima Old Man's Beard
- Emodomelanelia masonii
- Eumitria baileyi
- Glyphis cicatricosa Blistered Script Lichen
- Gymnoderma coccocarpum
- Heterodermia japonica
- Hypogymnia alpina
- Hypogymnia arcuata
- Hypogymnia bitteri Powdered Tube Lichen
- Hypogymnia hengduanensis
- Hypogymnia hypotrypella
- Hypogymnia pseudobitteriana
- Hypogymnia sikkimensis
- Hypogymnia thomsoniana
- Hypogymnia vittata Brownish Monk's-hood Lichen
- Hypotrachyna adducta
- Hypotrachyna cirrhata
- Hypotrachyna dactylifera
- Hypotrachyna exsecta
- Hypotrachyna horrescens Old Hairy-spined Loop
- Hypotrachyna neosingularis
- Hypotrachyna orientalis
- Hypotrachyna osseoalba Wake Turbulence
- Hypotrachyna pseudosinuosa hypotrachyna lichen
- Hypotrachyna scytophylla
- Hypotrachyna sinuosa Green Loop Lichen
- Hypotrachyna vexans
- Lecanora chondroderma
- Lecanora geophila rim lichen
- Lepraria arbuscula
- Lepraria cupressicola
- Leptogium asiaticum
- Lethariella cladonioides
- Lethariella flexuosa
- Lobaria retigera Smoker's Lung Lichen
- Melanohalea gomukhensis
- Menegazzia terebrata Port-hole Lichen
- Montanelia sorediata Powdered Camouflage Lichen
- Montanelia tominii Dimpled Camouflage Lichen
- Myelochroa aurulenta Powdery Axil-bristle Lichen
- Myelochroa xantholepis
- Nephromopsis ahtii
- Nephromopsis melaloma
- Nephromopsis nephromoides
- Nephromopsis sikkimensis
- Nephromopsis stracheyi
- Nephromopsis togashii
- Oxneriopsis bassiae
- Pallidogramme divaricoides
- Parmelia adaugescens
- Parmelia marmariza
- Parmelia sulcata shield lichen
- Parmelina subaurulenta
- Parmelinella wallichiana
- Parmotrema arnoldii Arnold's powdered-ruffle
- Parmotrema austrosinense Pretty Ruffle
- Parmotrema hababianum parmotrema lichen
- Parmotrema mellissii Melliss' parmotrema lichen
- Parmotrema reticulatum Black Sheet Lichen
- Parmotrema sancti-angeli
- Parmotrema thomsonii
- Parmotrema tinctorum Old Gray Ruffles
- Peltigera horizontalis horizontal pelt lichen
- Phlyctis himalayensis
- Physcia dilatata
- Platismatia erosa
- Polyblastidium japonicum
- Polyblastidium togashii
- Pyxine sorediata Spicy Mustard-rosette
- Ramalina conduplicans
- Ramalina roesleri Frayed Ribbon Lichen
- Ramalina shinanoana
- Remototrachyna flexilis
- Remototrachyna rhabdiformis
- Rhizocarpon tetramerum map lichen
- Solorina simensis
- Stereocaulon myriocarpum snow lichen
- Stereocaulon piluliferum
- Stereocaulon pomiferum
- Sulcaria sulcata
- Sulcaria virens
- Tephromela siphuloides
- Tuckneraria laureri
- Umbilicaria indica
- Umbilicaria virginis Blushing Rock Tripe
- Usnea angulata Fisherman's Dream
- Usnea bismolliuscula
- Usnea cornuta Inflated Beard
- Usnea orientalis
- Usnea rubicunda Red Beard Lichen
- Usnea rubrotincta
- Xanthoparmelia scotophylla
Lichens elsewhere
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Other species of Sikkim
Birds · Large mammals · Bats · Rodents, shrews and hares · 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