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: 971'663
- Currently there are findings of a total of 12'352 mushroom species available.
- The last 10 mushroom findings:
Aleuria aurantia (23.09.2026), Boletus rubrosanguineus (23.09.2026), Cortinarius largus (23.09.2026), Fomitopsis pinicola (12.12.2026), Hericium flagellum (23.09.2026), Lactarius intermedius (23.09.2026), Macrolepiota procera (23.09.2026), Melanoleuca verrucipes (23.09.2026), Oudemansiella mucida (23.09.2026), Tricholoma arvernense (23.09.2026) - Mushroom species found this year for the first time:
Arrhenia similis, Belonioscypha ostruthii, Camarophyllus hygrocyboides, Chaenothecopsis epithallina, Chromelosporium macrospermum, Cladosporium aecidiicola, Clavaria atroumbrina, Clavulina alpina, Cryptovalsa mori, Cuphophyllus angustifolius, Dermoloma carpathicum, Diplodia rubi, Entoloma cognatum, Entoloma nix, Favolaschia calocera, Fomitiporia mediterranea, Fusarium merismoides, Galerina alpina, Gloeosporidiella nobilis, Golovinomyces brunneopunctatus, Helicogonium conniventis, Hygrocybe xanthochroa, 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, Phlegmacium decolorans, Phomopsis glandicola, Physalospora scirpi, Pirottaea imbricata, Plectosphaerella alismatis, Pluteus inflatus, Podosphaera ruborum, Protomyces kreuthensis, Psilachnum lanceolatoparaphysatum, Puccinia agropyri, Puccinia astrantiae, Puccinia cirsii-eriophori, Puccinia saniculae, 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, Venturia orbiculata, Xeromphalina enigmatica - 77 endangered mushrooms found this year (number of findings in brackets):
Antrodia sinuosa (1), Arrhenia obscurata (1), Arrhenia rustica (1), Boletus torosus (3), Botryotinia calthae (3), Bovista pusilla (1), Butyriboletus fuscoroseus (3), Butyriboletus pseudoregius (1), Byssonectria terrestris (8), Camarophyllus berkeleyi (2), Ceriporiopsis gilvescens (2), Ceriporiopsis resinascens (1), Clavaria argillacea (1), Clavaria rosea (1), Clavulinopsis luteoalba (1), Clitocybe lateritia (3), Cordyceps sphecocephala (1), Cortinarius aureofulvus (1), Cortinarius caesiocortinatus (1), Cortinarius saniosus (1), Cystolepiota moelleri (1), Dentipellis fragilis (1), Discina melaleuca (7), Discina parma (3), Encoelia fascicularis (1), Entoloma bloxamii (1), Entoloma exile (1), Entoloma lividocyanulum (1), Entoloma plebejum (1), Entoloma turci (1), Exobasidium karstenii (3), Galerina jaapii (2), Gastrosporium simplex (1), Gymnopilus stabilis (1), Gyromitra melaleuca (3), Gyromitra parma (1), Hygrocybe calyptriformis (3), Hygrocybe coccineocrenata (10), Hygrocybe insipida (2), Hygrocybe mucronella (2), Hygrophorus calophyllus (1), Hyphoderma transiens (1), Hypholoma laeticolor (1), Hypholoma subericaeum (2), Hypoxylon howeanum (3), Imperator torosus (5), Inocutis rheades (2), Inocybe flavella (1), Lactarius dryadophilus (2), Lentinus cyathiformis (1), Lepiota lilacea (1), Lepiota oreadiformis (1), Mallocybe agardhii (1), Marasmius collinus (1), Marasmius epidryas (4), Myriostoma coliforme (1), Nemania serpens (1), Neolentinus cyathiformis (10), Omphalotus illudens (1), Paradiscina melaleuca (1), Peniophora proxima (8), Phaeogalera stagnina (1), Pholiota heteroclita (1), Pholiota limonella (1), Plectania melastoma (2), Pluteus hiatulus (1), Pseudoplectania vogesiaca (10), Ramaria testaceoflava (1), Rhizomarasmius epidryas (2), Rhytisma salicinum (1), Sarcodon joeides (1), Sarcodon leucopus (2), Steccherinum bourdotii (9), Stigmatolemma conspersum (1), Tectella patellaris (2), Tricholoma arvernense (4), Volvariella bombycina (2)