Folioceros kashyapii, sp. nov. and F. udarii Asthana & Srivastava have been discovered from Nagaland and Kerala (India), respectively. Folioceros kashyapii is characterized by pinnately lobed, somewhat elongate thalli with (or without) apically swollen lamellate outgrowths on the dorsal surface, papillate or baculate spores having more or less apically smooth baculae, and relatively small elaters possessing irregular, dark, central lumina. Folioceros udarii is distinctive in having a broadly expanded thallus with a smooth dorsal surface, spinulose spores, and vermiform, elongate elaters with smooth, dark, central lumina. A key to the Indian species of Folioceros is provided. Of the seven genera of Anthocerotae, Folioceros Bharadwaj (Bharadwaj 1971) and Leiosporoceros
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Srivastava et al. (1989) studied this question.