SwissFungi is the national data and information centre for the documentation and conservation of the Swiss fungi flora. It is part of the Swiss information centre for species (InfoSpecies).
SwissFungi is responsible for the protection and promotion of fungi and advises the Confederation and the cantons in this function. With the exception of the species dealt with by the independent Data Centre SwissLichens, we provide information on the distribution, endangerment and ecology of all fungal species known from Switzerland to date in the publicly accessible distribution atlas of fungi.
SwissFungi news ¶
- Workshop Science Up Close: Aquatic mushroom and fungi (18.07.26)
- The FOEN report Alien Species in Switzerland, to which SwissFungi contributed, has been published.
- The new factsheet on crayfish plague is out!
Database news
- Total number of mushrooms data: 964'854
- Currently there are findings of a total of 12'244 mushroom species available.
- The last 10 mushroom findings:
Amanita rubescens (27.06.2026), Boletus erythropus (26.06.2026), Boletus luridus (27.06.2026), Cantharellus cibarius (27.06.2026), Fomitopsis pinicola (12.12.2026), Lactarius piperatus (26.06.2026), Megacollybia platyphylla (26.06.2026), Phaeolus schweinitzii (26.06.2026), Protomyces kreuthensis (27.06.2026), Trachyspora intrusa (27.06.2026) - Mushroom species found this year for the first time:
Chaenothecopsis epithallina, Cryptovalsa mori, Diplodia rubi, Fusarium merismoides, Gloeosporidiella nobilis, Golovinomyces brunneopunctatus, Helicogonium conniventis, Lasiomollisia phalaridis, Monilinia johnsonii, Mycosphaerella aretiae, Mycosphaerella plantaginis, Mycosphaerella rehmiana, Mycotypha microspora, Orbilia paravitalbae, Penicillium vulpinum, Phomopsis glandicola, Physalospora scirpi, Pirottaea imbricata, Podosphaera ruborum, Protomyces kreuthensis, Psilachnum lanceolatoparaphysatum, Puccinia agropyri, Septoria ari, Septoria artemisiae, Septoria bellidis, Septoria bupleuricola, Spermosporina aricola, Trichoderma albolutescens, Urocystis irregularis, Urocystis pulsatillae, Ustilago nuda - 24 endangered mushrooms found this year (number of findings in brackets):
Antrodia sinuosa (1), Byssonectria terrestris (8), Ceriporiopsis gilvescens (2), Cordyceps sphecocephala (1), Discina melaleuca (7), Discina parma (3), Encoelia fascicularis (1), Entoloma plebejum (1), Gastrosporium simplex (1), Gyromitra melaleuca (3), Gyromitra parma (1), Hypoxylon howeanum (3), Lepiota lilacea (1), Marasmius collinus (1), Myriostoma coliforme (1), Nemania serpens (1), Neolentinus cyathiformis (7), Paradiscina melaleuca (1), Peniophora proxima (8), Plectania melastoma (2), Pseudoplectania vogesiaca (10), Steccherinum bourdotii (9), Stigmatolemma conspersum (1), Tectella patellaris (2)