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The Trentepohliales are a unique group of green algae, about which not much information has been previously published. The first chapter of this book includes descriptions and keys to all its genera. The book's primary purpose, however, is to facilitate the identification of taxa in the epiphytic tropical and subtropical genera Cephaleuros, Phycopeltis and Stomatochroon. The book includes descriptions and keys to 41 species and one variety in the three genera. These keys are based on the literature and the authors' light and electron microscope observations of materials collected throughout the world. The taxonomy, morphology, and ecology of each species form the heart of this book. Original descriptions with drawings and micrographs are included; there are 60 plates with 265+ illustrations. The book will be useful not only to phycologists but also plant pathologists and ecologists as a milestone study on the Trentepohliales.