Abstract
The family Hypnaceae in Altai includes the genera Callicladium (1 species), Eurohypnum (1), Gollania (1), Heterophyllium (1), Homomallium (2), Hypnum (11), Podperaea (1), Ptilium (1), Pylaisiella (2), Taxiphyllum (1); family Plagiotheciaceae - Herzogiella (1), Isopterygiopsis (3), Myurella (3), Orthothecium (3), Plagiothecium (4), Platydictya (1); family Entodontaceae - Entodon (3), Platygyrium (1); family Hylocomiaceae - Hylocomiastrum (2), Hylocomium (1), Pleurozium (1), Rhytidiadelphus (2); family Sematophyllaceae - Struckia (1). Descriptions and illustrations are given for all species. Homomallium connexum and Hypnum fauriei are reported in South Siberia for the first time. Some evidence for placement of Platygyrium in the Entodontaceae is provided.