International Association for Lichenology

Lichenology Societies

Lichenology Societies by country or area.

Australasia: Australasian Lichen Society. Info: W.M. Malcolm, Box 320, Nelson, New Zealand 7040. Phone: (+64) 3-545-1660, e-mail: email hidden; JavaScript is required
Journal – Australasian Lichenology: http://nhm2.uio.no/botanisk/lav/RLL/AL/

Brazil: Grupo Brasileiro de Liquenólogos (GBL), contact: Dr. Adriano Afonso Spielmann, e-mail: email hidden; JavaScript is required / e-mail: email hidden; JavaScript is required;
web-page: https://brazilianlichens.wixsite.com/website

Central Europe: BLAM (Bryologisch-lichenologische Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Mitteleuropa). Contact: Martin Nebel, Wellingstr. 14, 70619 Stuttgart, Germany, e-mail email hidden; JavaScript is required,
web-page: http://blam-bl.de/
Journals: Herzogia https://blam-bl.de/herzogia/herzogia-ueberblick.html,
Herzogiella, web-page: https://blam-bl.de/herzogiella-oben.html

Colombia: Grupo Colombiano de Liquenología (GCOL). Info: Bibiana Moncada, e-mail: email hidden; JavaScript is required;
web-page:  http://licbiologia.udistrital.edu.co:8080/grupo-colombiano-de-liquenologia

Czech Republic: Bryological and Lichenological Section of the Czech Botanical Society. Chairperson: Svatava Kubešová, e-mail: email hidden; JavaScript is required,
web-page: https://botanospol.cz/cs/bls
Journal – Bryonora: https://botanospol.cz/index.php/cs/bryonora

Ecuador: Grupo Ecuatoriano de Liquenología (GEL). Info: Alba Yanez, e-mail: email hidden; JavaScript is required;
web page: http://grupoecuatorianodeliquenologia.blogspot.com/

Estonia: Mycology Society, Estonian Naturalists’ Society, Struve 2, Tartu 51003, Estonia, Chairman: Külli Kalamees-Pani, e-mail: email hidden; JavaScript is required
web-page: http://mukoloogiauhing.ut.ee/avaleht (in Estonian).
Journal – Folia Cryptogamica Estonica: http://www.ut.ee/ial5/fce/

Finland: Lichen Section, Societas Mycologica Fennica. C/o: Botanical Museum (Lichenology), P.O. Box 7, FI-00014, Helsinki University, Finland. Info: Teuvo Ahti, e-mail: email hidden; JavaScript is required
Journal – Karstenia: http://www.karstenia.fi/

France: Association française de Lichénologie (AFL). Président: Joël Boustie, e-mail: email hidden; JavaScript is required,
web-page: http://www.afl-lichenologie.fr.
Bulletin: Bulletin d’Informations de l’Association française de lichénologie (deux Bulletins annuels),
web-page: http://www.afl-lichenologie.fr/Afl/Publications_afl.htm

Great Britain: The British Lichen Society (BLS). C/o: Royal Society of Biology, 1 Naoroji Street, London, WC1X 0GB, United Kingdom. President: Rebecca Yahr.  Secretary: Eluned Smith. e-mail: email hidden; JavaScript is required
Society web-page: https://www.britishlichensociety.org.uk/
Journal – The Lichenologist (accessible via Cambridge Core): https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/lichenologist
British Lichen Society Bulletin: https://www.britishlichensociety.org.uk/the-society/bls-bulletin

India: Indian Lichenological Society. Address for correspondence: Lichenology Laboratory; CSIR National Botanical Research Institute; Rana Pratap Marg, Lucknow-226001, U.P., India. President: Dr. D.K. Upreti. Secretary: Dr. Gaurav K. Mishra, e-mail: email hidden; JavaScript is required,
webpage: http://www.indianlichenology.com

Iran: Lichenology Branch, Iranian Mycology Society, C/o: The Museum of Iranian Lichens. P.O. Box 33535111, Tehran, Iran, Iranian Research Organization for Science and Technology (IROST).
Info: Mohammad Sohrabi, e-mail: email hidden; JavaScript is required

Italy: Società Lichenologica Italiana (SLI). President: Juri Nascimbene, Dipartimento di Scienze Biologiche, Geologiche e Ambientali Via Irnerio 42, Bologna, e-mail: email hidden; JavaScript is required,
web-page: http://www.lichenologia.eu/
Journal: Notiziario della Società Lichenologica Italiana: http://www.lichenologia.eu/index.php?procedure=pubbl_not

Japan: The Lichenological Society of Japan (LSJ): President: Yoshiaki Kon, e-mail: email hidden; JavaScript is required,
web-page:  https://eng.lichenjapan.jp/
The Japanese Society for Lichenology (JSL). President: Kunio Takahashi, e-mail (secretary): email hidden; JavaScript is required,
web-page: http://www.lichenology-jp.org/ja

The Netherlands: Dutch Bryological & Lichenological Society (Bryologische +Lichenologische Werkgroep, BLWG). Contact: L.B. Laurens Sparrius, e-mail: email hidden; JavaScript is required,
web-page: http://www.blwg.nl
Journals (open access) – Buxbaumiella: http://www.buxbaumiella.nl and Lindbergia: http://www.lindbergia.org

Nordic Countries: Nordic Lichen Society (Nordisk Lichenologisk Förening, NLF). President: Ave Suija, e-mail: email hidden; JavaScript is required,
web-page: http://nhm2.uio.no/lichens/nordiclichensociety/

North America: American Bryological and Lichenological Society, Inc. (ABLS). President: Scott Schuette, e-mail: email hidden; JavaScript is required,
web-page: http://www.abls.org/
Journals – Evansia: http://www.bioone.org/loi/evia; and The Bryologist: http://www.bioone.org/loi/bryo

North America, Northwest: Northwest Lichenologists (NWL). Info: Bruce McCune, e-mail: email hidden; JavaScript is required,
web-page: http://www.nwlichens.org

North America, California: The California Lichen Society (CALS). President: Tom Carlberg, e-mail: email hidden; JavaScript is required,
web-page: http://californialichens.org/
Bulletin of the California Lichen Society: http://www.californialichens.org/calsbulletin/

North America, East: Eastern Lichen Network. Info: Marian Glenn, e-mail: email hidden; JavaScript is required,
web-page: http://www.nybg.org/bsci/lichens/eln/

Poland: Lichenological Section of the Polish Botanical Society (Polskie Towarzystwo Botaniczne).  President: Rafał Szymczyk, Enviromental Survey Laboratory Ekoprojekt, Nowica 24, 14-405 Wilczęta, Poland, e-mail: email hidden; JavaScript is required
web-page: https://pbsociety.org.pl/ind/sekcja-lichenologiczna/

Slovakia: Slovak Botanical Society – Lichenological Working Group, c/o Institute of Botany, PSBC, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dúbravská cesta 9, 845 23, Bratislava, Slovakia. Info: Zuzana Fačkovcová, e-mail: email hidden; JavaScript is required,
web-page:  https://ibotold.sav.sk/en/links/scientific-societies/
Journal – Bulletin Slovenskej botanickej spoločnosti: https://www.sav.sk/?lang=en&doc=journal-list&journal_no=22https://ibot.sav.sk/en/lichens-in-slovakia/

South America: Grupo Latino Americano de Liquenólogos (GLAL). Info: Alfredo Passo, e-mail: email hidden; JavaScript is required
Journal -GLALIA: http://nhm2.uio.no/botanisk/lav/RLL/GLALIA/
Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/glal1/

Spain: Sociedad Española de Liquenologia (SEL). President: Sergio Pérez-Ortega, e-mail: email hidden; JavaScript is required, secretary: María Prieto Álvaro, e-mail: email hidden; JavaScript is required;
web-page: http://www.ucm.es/info/seliquen/
Journal – Clementeana:  https://www.ucm.es/seliquen/clementeana

Sweden: Svensk Lichenologisk Förening (SLF). President: Martin Westberg, e-mail: email hidden; JavaScript is required,
web-page: http://lavar.se
Bulletin – Lavbulletinen: https://lavar.se/lavbulletinen/

Switzerland: Swiss Association of Bryology and Lichenology (BRYOLICH). President: Ariel Bergamini, e-mail: email hidden; JavaScript is required,
web-page: http://www.bryolich.ch/index_en.html
Journal – Meylania: http://www.bryolich.ch/meylania/meylania_en.html

Venezuela: Grupo Venezolano de Liquenólogos (GVL). Info: Jesús Hernandez, e-mail: email hidden; JavaScript is required,
web-page:  http://lopezaria.blogspot.com/