The most recent addition to the series of monographs published in Bibliotheca Lichenologica series is a volume of the Graphidaceae. Despite the title, the book contains much more information for that family than from Australia, since specimens from many other areas, especially some of the Pacific islands, have also been studied; these are provided in the lists of selected specimens and include many new records compared to the recent Catalogue of the lichens of the smaller Pacific islands by ELIX & MCCARTHY (Biblioth. Lichenol. 70, 1998) for areas as Fiji, Vanuatu and especially the Solomon Islands. 129 taxa, including 127 species and two varieties, are accepted for Australia. They belong to 16 genera. No new species are described but 10 new synonymies are reported and the new combination Platygramme mucronata is made. All treated species are described in detail and special remarks are frequently added. In an appendix of 135 black-and-white photographs, most of the species treated are illustrated, and wherever possible type material was used for these photographs, as result of which 80 type specimens are illustrated.

The new book is without doubt a must for all who wish to determine lichens from Australia and adjacent areas and is a big step forward updating the knowledge of the family from this part of the world.

International Lichenological Newsletter 39 (2), page 5