SwissFungi is the national data and information centre for the documentation and conservation of the Swiss funga. 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 ¶
- 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: 968'344
- Currently there are findings of a total of 12'295 mushroom species available.
- The last 10 mushroom findings:
Boletus edulis (31.08.2026), Cortinarius cumatilis (31.08.2026), Erysiphe aquilegiae (31.08.2026), Erysiphe corylacearum (31.08.2026), Erysiphe trifoliorum (31.08.2026), Fomitopsis pinicola (12.12.2026), Hygrophorus conicus (31.08.2026), Inocybe fastigiata (31.08.2026), Phyllactinia fraxini (31.08.2026), Tricholoma saponaceum (31.08.2026) - Mushroom species found this year for the first time:
Arrhenia similis, Chaenothecopsis epithallina, Chromelosporium macrospermum, Cladosporium aecidiicola, Cryptovalsa mori, Cuphophyllus angustifolius, Dermoloma carpathicum, Diplodia rubi, Entoloma nix, Fusarium merismoides, Galerina alpina, Gloeosporidiella nobilis, Golovinomyces brunneopunctatus, Helicogonium conniventis, Hypomyces albidus, Inocybe gymnopilus, Inocybe jucunda, Inocybe undatolacera, Lactifluus volemus, 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, Puccinia astrantiae, Puccinia cirsii-eriophori, Puccinia uliginosa, Puccinia urticae-flaccae, Pyrenopeziza pubescens, Ramaria schildii, Ramularia primulana, Septoria ari, Septoria artemisiae, Septoria bellidis, Septoria bupleuricola, Spermosporina aricola, Stagonospora samarorum, Trichoderma albolutescens, Urocystis irregularis, Urocystis pulsatillae, Uromyces primulae-integrifoliae, Uromyces verbasci, Ustilago nuda, Xeromphalina enigmatica - 49 endangered mushrooms found this year (number of findings in brackets):
Antrodia sinuosa (1), Arrhenia obscurata (1), Botryotinia calthae (2), Bovista pusilla (1), Byssonectria terrestris (8), Ceriporiopsis gilvescens (2), Ceriporiopsis resinascens (1), Clavulinopsis luteoalba (1), Cordyceps sphecocephala (1), Cortinarius saniosus (1), Discina melaleuca (7), Discina parma (3), Encoelia fascicularis (1), Entoloma exile (1), Entoloma lividocyanulum (1), Entoloma plebejum (1), Exobasidium karstenii (1), Galerina jaapii (2), Gastrosporium simplex (1), Gyromitra melaleuca (3), Gyromitra parma (1), Hygrocybe coccineocrenata (8), Hygrocybe insipida (2), Hypholoma laeticolor (1), Hypholoma subericaeum (1), Hypoxylon howeanum (3), Imperator torosus (4), Inocybe flavella (1), Lactarius dryadophilus (1), Lentinus cyathiformis (1), Lepiota lilacea (1), Lepiota oreadiformis (1), Mallocybe agardhii (1), Marasmius collinus (1), Myriostoma coliforme (1), Nemania serpens (1), Neolentinus cyathiformis (8), Omphalotus illudens (1), Paradiscina melaleuca (1), Peniophora proxima (8), Pholiota heteroclita (1), Plectania melastoma (2), Pseudoplectania vogesiaca (10), Rhytisma salicinum (1), Sarcodon leucopus (1), Steccherinum bourdotii (9), Stigmatolemma conspersum (1), Tectella patellaris (2), Volvariella bombycina (2)