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Peculiarities of distribution of epilith lichens in various ecotopes of the East Sayan region (within the Irkutsk oblast) are considered. Complexes of species found in the Irkutsk-Cheremkhovo plain (on rocky riverbanks) and in the piedmonts and spurs of ranges of the East Sayan (in closed mountain river valleys, in forests under the forest canopy and on open stony placers in upper parts of hillsides) are characterized. Totally, 172 species and subspecies of epilith lichens belonging to 75 genera and 39 families were found: among them, there were crustose, 50 foliose, 4 fruticose lichens. 13 species were