Lichens of West Bengal
154 lichens on the India list have an open record placed in West Bengal, 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 West Bengal endemic to India (16)
- Arthothelium chiodectoides
- Graphis scripta Common Script Lichen
- Heterodermia hypochraea
- Heterodermia podocarpa
- Hypotrachyna costaricensis
- Hypotrachyna nepalensis
- Pallidogramme divaricoides
- Parmelia sulcata shield lichen
- Parmotrema arnoldii Arnold's powdered-ruffle
- Phlyctis monosperma
- Porina mastoidella
- Pyxine berteroana
- Ramalina hossei
- Rinodina intrusa
- Tylophoron moderatum tylophoron lichen
- Usnea perplexans Lapland Beard Lichen
All lichens of West Bengal on the list (154)
- Allographa celata
- Amandinea diorista
- Anaptychia pellucida
- Arthonia antillarum
- Arthonia radiata Asterisk Lichen
- Arthonia subgyrosa
- Arthothelium chiodectoides
- Arthothelium spectabile arthothelium lichen
- Blastenia ferruginea Rusty Firedot Lichen
- Bryoria himalayensis
- Buellia geophila rock disc lichen
- Bulbothrix isidiza bulbothrix lichen
- Bulbothrix meizospora
- Calicium hyperelloides spike lichen
- Calicium lenticulare spike lichen
- Calicium nobile
- Cetrelia olivetorum Sea Storm Lichen
- Chiodecton leptosporum
- Chrysothrix septemseptata
- Cladonia furcata many-forked cladonia
- Coccocarpia palmicola Salted Shell Lichen
- Collema nigrescens Blistered Jelly Lichen
- Cresponea flava Lemon Fissure Cookies
- Cresponea premnea
- Cryptodiscus pallidus
- Cryptothecia striata White Blanket
- Cryptothecia subnidulans
- Diplotomma alboatrum diplotomma lichen
- Dirinaria consimilis
- Dirinaria picta Powdery Medallion
- Dolichousnea longissima Old Man's Beard
- Emmanuelia ravenelii
- Enchylium tenax Jelly Lichen
- Enterographa micrographa
- Enterographa pallidella
- Eumitria baileyi
- Flavopunctelia flaventior Speckled Greenshield
- Graphidastra byssiseda
- Graphis scripta Common Script Lichen
- Haematomma leprarioides
- Haematomma puniceum
- Haematomma wattii
- Heterodermia diademata shield lichen
- Heterodermia dissecta
- Heterodermia hypochraea
- Heterodermia incana
- Heterodermia neoleucomelaena
- Heterodermia pellucida
- Heterodermia podocarpa
- Heterodermia pseudospeciosa shield lichen
- Heterodermia rubescens
- Heterodermia speciosa Powdered Fringe Lichen
- Hypogymnia hypotrypella
- Hypogymnia pseudobitteriana
- Hypotrachyna alectorialica
- Hypotrachyna cirrhata
- Hypotrachyna costaricensis
- Hypotrachyna exsecta
- Hypotrachyna infirma
- Hypotrachyna koyaensis
- Hypotrachyna nepalensis
- Hypotrachyna nodakensis
- Hypotrachyna osseoalba Wake Turbulence
- Hypotrachyna physcioides
- Hypotrachyna subsaxatilis hypotrachyna lichen
- Lecanographa lyncea
- Lecanographa martii
- Lepra stalactiza
- Lepraria arbuscula
- Lepraria cupressicola
- Leptogium burnetiae Long-bearded Jellyskin Lichen
- Leptogium delavayi
- Leptogium javanicum
- Leptogium menziesii
- Leptogium moluccanum
- Leptogium trichophorum
- Leptogium wilsonii
- Letrouitia domingensis Domingan letrouitia lichen
- Letrouitia leprolyta
- Leucodermia leucomelos
- Lobaria retigera Smoker's Lung Lichen
- Lobaria subrretigera
- Malmidea indica
- Myelochroa xantholepis
- Myriostigma candidum
- Myriotrema compunctum myriotrema lichen
- Nephromopsis nephromoides
- Nephromopsis pallescens
- Ochrolechia rosella
- Ochrolechia trochophora Rosy Saucer Lichen
- Oxneriopsis bassiae
- Pachnolepia pruinata
- Pallidogramme divaricoides
- Parmelia adaugescens
- Parmelia meiophora
- Parmelia sulcata shield lichen
- Parmelina subaurulenta
- Parmelinella wallichiana
- Parmotrema arnoldii Arnold's powdered-ruffle
- Parmotrema cristiferum parmotrema lichen
- Parmotrema rampoddense Long-whiskered Ruffle
- Parmotrema reticulatum Black Sheet Lichen
- Parmotrema sancti-angeli
- Parmotrema thomsonii
- Parmotrema tinctorium
- Parmotrema tinctorum Old Gray Ruffles
- Peltigera dolichorhiza Longroot Pelt Lichen
- Peltigera pruinosa
- Phaeophyscia hispidula Whiskered Shadow Lichen
- Phlyctis argena Whitewash Lichen
- Phlyctis monosperma
- Phyllopsora corallina Coral Rainforest Lichen
- Piccolia conspersa
- Polyblastidium corallophorum
- Polyblastidium dendriticum
- Polyblastidium hypoleucum
- Porina mastoidella
- Pseudocyphellaria bartlettii
- Pyxine berteroana
- Pyxine copelandii
- Pyxine sorediata Spicy Mustard-rosette
- Pyxine sorediata Spicy Mustard-rosette
- Ramalina calicaris cartilage lichen
- Ramalina conduplicans
- Ramalina himalayensis
- Ramalina hossei
- Ramalina hossei
- Ramalina shinanoana
- Ramalina subcomplanata
- Remototrachyna flexilis
- Rinodina intrusa
- Rinodina oxydata Pale Pepper-spore
- Sclerophyton stigmaticum
- Sigridea glaucomoides
- Solorina saccata Common Chocolate Chip Lichen
- Stereocaulon foliolosum
- Stereocaulon massartianum
- Stereocaulon piliferum
- Stereocaulon piluliferum
- Stereocaulon pomiferum
- Sticta weigelii Spotted Felt Lichen
- Sulcaria sulcata
- Sulcaria virens
- Thelopsis inordinata thelopsis lichen
- Tylophoron moderatum tylophoron lichen
- Usnea eumitrioides
- Usnea himalayana
- Usnea luridorufa
- Usnea nipparensis
- Usnea perplexans Lapland Beard Lichen
- Usnea rubicunda Red Beard Lichen
- Usnea subfloridana Boreal Beard Lichen
- Usnea subsordida
- Xanthoparmelia scotophylla
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 · Tamil Nadu · Telangana · Uttar Pradesh · Uttarakhand · Trans-Himalaya · Himalaya · Semi-Arid · Western Ghats · Deccan Peninsula · Gangetic Plain · Coasts · North-East · Islands
Other species of West Bengal
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