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:
Bryologisch-lichenologische Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Mitteleuropa (BLAM)
Contact: Ulrike Ruprecht, Universitäe Salzburg, Umwelt & Biodiversität, A-5020, Salzburg, Austria, e-mail: email hidden; JavaScript is required
web-page: http://blam-bl.de/
Journals: Herzogia https://blam-bl.de/herzogia; Download: https://bioone.org/journals/herzogia/issues
Herzogiella, web-page: https://blam-bl.de/herzogiella

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:
Estonian Mycological Society
Chairman: Kadri Pärtel, e-mail: email hidden; JavaScript is required
at the Estonian Naturalists’ Society, Struve 2, Tartu 51003, Estonia
web-page: http://mukoloogiauhing.ut.ee (in Estonian).
Journal – Folia Cryptogamica Estonica: https://ojs.utlib.ee/index.php/FCE/

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

France:
Association française de Lichénologie
(AFL)
Président: Michel Bertrand, e-mail: email hidden; JavaScript is required
Station d’écologie forestiére, Université Paris Cité, route de la Tour Dénecourt, 77300 Fontainbleau.
web-page: http://www.afl-lichenologie.fr.
Bulletin: Bulletin d’Informations de l’Association française de lichénologie (deux Bulletins annuels), accessible via web-page: http://www.afl-lichenologie.fr in the tab “l’Association/Publications”

Great Britain:
The British Lichen Society
(BLS)
President: Rebecca Yahr
Secretary: Eluned Smith. e-mail: email hidden; JavaScript is required
c/o: Royal Society of Biology, 1 Naoroji Street, London, WC1X 0GB, United Kingdom
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

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

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

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: Ola Hammarström, e-mail: email hidden; JavaScript is required, web-page: http://nhm2.uio.no/lichens/nordiclichensociety/
Journal – Graphis Scripta: http://www.nhm.uio.no/lichens/nordiclichensociety/graphis_index.html

North America:
American Bryological and Lichenological Society
 (ABLS)
President: Jessica Budke, 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
e-mail: email hidden; JavaScript is required
c/o Institute of Botany, PSBC, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dúbravská cesta 9, 845 23, Bratislava, Slovakia. Info: Zuzana Fačkovcová,
web-page: http://sbs.sav.sk/
Journal – Bulletin Slovenskej botanickej spoločnosti: https://www.sav.sk/?lang=en&doc=journal-list&journal_no=22;  https://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: Christian Vonarburg, 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/