Lichens of Tamil Nadu
234 lichens on the India list have an open record placed in Tamil Nadu, 14 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 Tamil Nadu endemic to India (14)
- Allographa patwardhanii
- Chrysothrix chlorina Sulphur Dust Lichen
- Collema flaccidum Flaking Tarpaper Lichen
- Graphis scripta Common Script Lichen
- Hemithecium nakanishianum
- Hypotrachyna costaricensis
- Hypotrachyna microblasta
- Hypotrachyna nepalensis
- Lobaria discolor
- Pannaria pannosa
- Parmelia sulcata shield lichen
- Parmotrema arnoldii Arnold's powdered-ruffle
- Parmotrema indicum
- Tylophoron moderatum tylophoron lichen
All lichens of Tamil Nadu on the list (234)
- Allographa acharii
- Allographa consanguinea
- Allographa hossei
- Allographa pachygrapha
- Allographa patwardhanii
- Bacidia cylindrophora
- Brigantiaea tricolor
- Buellia disciformis Boreal Button Lichen
- Bulbothrix isidiza bulbothrix lichen
- Bulbothrix meizospora
- Calogaya saxicola Rock Jewel Lichen
- Canoparmelia aptata
- Canoparmelia pustulescens
- Canoparmelia texana Texas Shield Lichen
- Cetrelia olivetorum Sea Storm Lichen
- Chiodecton leptosporum
- Chrysothrix chlorina Sulphur Dust Lichen
- Cladonia squamosa Dragon Horn
- Coccocarpia erythroxyli Fruiting Shell
- Coccocarpia palmicola Salted Shell Lichen
- Coccocarpia pellita
- Collema flaccidum Flaking Tarpaper Lichen
- Cratiria aggrediens
- Crespoa crozalsiana Reticulate Shield
- Cytosporella juncicola
- Diorygma junghuhnii
- Diorygma tuberculosum
- Dirinaria applanata Dirinaria Lichen
- Dirinaria confluens dirinaria lichen
- Dirinaria picta Powdery Medallion
- Emmanuelia ravenelii
- Ephebe lanata Waterside Rockshag Lichen
- Erioderma meiocarpum
- Eriospora leucostoma
- Fellhanera semecarpi
- Fissurina dumastii
- Fissurina subcomparimuralis
- Flavoparmelia caperata common greenshield lichen
- Fuscopannaria coerulescens
- Fuscopannaria siamensis
- Glyphis scyphulifera
- Graphina marcescens
- Graphina parilis
- Graphis conferta
- Graphis duplicata
- Graphis glaucescens script lichen
- Graphis persulcata
- Graphis scripta Common Script Lichen
- Graphis submarginata
- Haematomma puniceum
- Haematomma rufidulum
- Hemithecium nakanishianum
- Heppsora bullata
- Heppsora indica
- Heterodermia albicans White Fringe
- Heterodermia diademata shield lichen
- Heterodermia domingensis
- Heterodermia isidiophora
- Heterodermia japonica
- Heterodermia lepidota
- Heterodermia neoleucomelaena
- Heterodermia obscurata Obscure Shield Lichen
- Heterodermia speciosa Powdered Fringe Lichen
- Hypogymnia pseudobitteriana
- Hypotrachyna adjuncta
- Hypotrachyna cirrhata
- Hypotrachyna costaricensis
- Hypotrachyna crenata
- Hypotrachyna cryptochlora Dull Powdered Loop
- Hypotrachyna endochlora
- Hypotrachyna exsecta
- Hypotrachyna formosana
- Hypotrachyna horrescens Old Hairy-spined Loop
- Hypotrachyna imbricatula hypotrachyna lichen
- Hypotrachyna immaculata
- Hypotrachyna laevigata hypotrachyna lichen
- Hypotrachyna livida Clingy Square Britches
- Hypotrachyna microblasta
- Hypotrachyna neodissecta
- Hypotrachyna nepalensis
- Hypotrachyna orientalis
- Hypotrachyna osseoalba Wake Turbulence
- Hypotrachyna pseudosinuosa hypotrachyna lichen
- Hypotrachyna revoluta Powdered Loop Lichen
- Hypotrachyna rockii Rock's hypotrachyna lichen
- Hypotrachyna spumosa Frothy Loop
- Hypotrachyna vexans
- Klauskalbia crocea
- Klauskalbia flabellata
- Kroswia crystallifera
- Lecanora coronulans
- Lecanora subfusca
- Lecanora symmicta Fused Rim Lichen
- Leioderma sorediatum Treepelt Lichen
- Leptogium asiaticum
- Leptogium azureum Blue Jellyskin Lichen
- Leptogium burnetiae Long-bearded Jellyskin Lichen
- Leptogium cochleatum
- Leptogium diaphanum
- Leptogium fusisporum skin lichen
- Leptogium hirsutum Hairy Jellyskin
- Leptogium marginellum skin lichen
- Leptogium moluccanum
- Leptogium phyllocarpum Leafy Skinlichen
- Leptogium pichneum
- Leptogium saturninum Bearded Jellyskin Lichen
- Leptogium ulvaceum
- Leptogium wilsonii
- Letrouitia aureola
- Letrouitia domingensis Domingan letrouitia lichen
- Leucodecton fissurinum
- Leucodermia boryi
- Leucodermia leucomelos
- Lobaria discolor
- Lobaria retigera Smoker's Lung Lichen
- Lopezaria versicolor
- Malmidea granifera
- Megalospora tuberculosa megalospora lichen
- Menegazzia terebrata Port-hole Lichen
- Micarea myriocarpa
- Myelochroa aurulenta Powdery Axil-bristle Lichen
- Myelochroa denegans
- Myelochroa irrugans
- Myelochroa perisidians
- Myelochroa xantholepis
- Myriotrema microporum myriotrema lichen
- Myriotrema rugiferum
- Nephroma helveticum Fringed Kidney Lichen
- Nephromopsis pallescens
- Notoparmelia erumpens
- Ocellularia eumorpha
- Ocellularia groenhartii
- Ocellularia papillata
- Ocellularia perforata
- Ocellularia subsimilis
- Ocellularia terebrata
- Ostropomyces pruinosellus
- Pannaria complanata
- Pannaria pannosa
- Parakarstenia phyllostachydis
- Parmelia sulcata shield lichen
- Parmelina subaurulenta
- Parmelinella wallichiana
- Parmelinopsis minarum parmelinopsis
- Parmotrema arnoldii Arnold's powdered-ruffle
- Parmotrema austrosinense Pretty Ruffle
- Parmotrema cooperi
- Parmotrema crinitum Salted Ruffle Lichen
- Parmotrema cristiferum parmotrema lichen
- Parmotrema diacidulum
- Parmotrema diversum
- Parmotrema gardneri
- Parmotrema grayanum
- Parmotrema hababianum parmotrema lichen
- Parmotrema indicum
- Parmotrema mellissii Melliss' parmotrema lichen
- Parmotrema perlatum Black Stone Flower
- Parmotrema praesorediosum parmotrema lichen
- Parmotrema pseudonilgherrense
- Parmotrema rampoddense Long-whiskered Ruffle
- Parmotrema reticulatum Black Sheet Lichen
- Parmotrema sancti-angeli
- Parmotrema stuppeum Powder-Edged Ruffle Lichen
- Parmotrema subsumptum
- Parmotrema subtinctorium
- Parmotrema tinctorum Old Gray Ruffles
- Pertusaria leucoplaca
- Phaeographis caesioradians
- Phaeographis inusta phaeographis
- Phaeographis lecanographa
- Phaeophyscia endococcinodes Red-cored Starburst Shadow Lichen
- Phaeophyscia hispidula Whiskered Shadow Lichen
- Phyllopsora corallina Coral Rainforest Lichen
- Phyllopsora parvifolia Smallleaf Rainforest Lichen
- Physcia alba
- Physcia integrata
- Platythecium dimorphodes
- Polyblastidium albicans
- Polyblastidium hypocaesium
- Polyblastidium hypoleucum
- Polyblastidium japonicum
- Porina epiphylla
- Pseudocyphellaria argyracea
- Pseudocyphellaria aurata Green specklebelly lichen
- Pseudoparmelia ecaperata
- Pseudotopeliopsis laceratula
- Punctelia rudecta rough speckled shield lichen
- Punctelia subrudecta Powdered Speckled Shield Lichen
- Pyxine cognata
- Pyxine sorediata Spicy Mustard-rosette
- Pyxine sorediata Spicy Mustard-rosette
- Ramalina celastri cartilage lichen
- Ramalina fraxinea Cartilage Lichen
- Ramalina inflata
- Ramalina subcomplanata
- Remototrachyna awasthii
- Remototrachyna dodapetta
- Remototrachyna kingii
- Rhizoplaca novomexicana
- Ricasolia amplissima Giant Candlewax Lichen
- Ricasolia quercizans
- Roccella fuciformis Orchil
- Roccella linearis
- Roccella montagnei Southern Beach Lichen
- Rostania coccophylla
- Sanguinotrema wightii Garnet-studded Volcano
- Schistophoron tenue
- Stegobolus auberianus
- Stegobolus metaphoricus
- Sticta sylvatica spotted felt lichen
- Sticta weigelii Spotted Felt Lichen
- Synarthonia inconspicua
- Tapellaria bilimbioides tapellaria lichen
- Teloschistes flavicans Golden Hair-lichen
- Tetramelas inordinatus
- Thelotrema allosporoides
- Thelotrema exsertum
- Thelotrema indicum
- Thelotrema lepadinum Bark Barnacles
- Thelotrema monosporum
- Thelotrema porinoides
- Topeliopsis muscigena
- Tylophoron moderatum tylophoron lichen
- Usnea flexilis
- Usnea ghattensis
- Usnea himalayana
- Usnea luridorufa
- Usnea lutea
- Usnea rigidula
- Usnea rubicunda Red Beard Lichen
- Usnea scutata
- Usnea stigmatoides
- Wirthiotrema trypaneoides
- Xanthoparmelia mougeotina
Lichens elsewhere
India · Andaman and Nicobar · Andhra Pradesh · Arunachal Pradesh · Assam · Bihar · Chhattisgarh · Delhi · Goa · Haryana · Himachal Pradesh · Jammu and Kashmir · Jharkhand · Karnataka · Kerala · Ladakh · Madhya Pradesh · Maharashtra · Manipur · Meghalaya · Nagaland · Odisha · Puducherry · Punjab · Rajasthan · Sikkim · Telangana · Uttar Pradesh · Uttarakhand · West Bengal · Trans-Himalaya · Himalaya · Semi-Arid · Western Ghats · Deccan Peninsula · Gangetic Plain · Coasts · North-East · Islands
Other species of Tamil Nadu
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