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Gomphillaceae, foliicolous the the neotropics. 28 species as new to science from the genera Aulaxina, Echinoplaca, Gomphillus, Gyalideopsis, and Tricharia. In new observations are provided on 13 previously described species. The work is of wider interest, however, as for the larger genera keys to all the known neotropical species are provided, i.e. for Aulaxina, Echinoplaca, Gyalideopsis and Tricharia. The descriptions are characteristically detailed and the work is well-illustrated by the fine line drawings which characterize so much of Vezda's work. Those provided include particularly detailed information on the hyphophores, character of testifies richness flora be in neotropical