Plants in mats to deep wefts, wide-spreading, green, stramineous, or yellow-brown when dry, bright green when moist. Secondary stems 10-20 cm, irregularly pinnate, lateral branches subequal, to 3 cm, sometimes pendent and distally flagelliform, occasionally bearing smaller (less than 5 mm) branchlets. Stem leaves erectopatent when dry, erect-spreading when moist, broadly ovate to ovate-lanceolate; margins serrulate-denticulate in apex; costa 2-fid distally, supplementary costae well developed, usually 2 or 3 on each side of main costa base, length more than 6 cells; laminal cell walls pitted throughout; medial cells 24-36 × 5-6 µm. Branch leaves similar. Perichaetial leaves short deltoid-apiculate to long gladiate-cuspidate and sheathing, basal laminal cells rectangular, 4-5:1, walls thin, medial cells flexuous-elongate, to 10:1. Seta 0.8-1.5 cm. Capsule erect-symmetric, brown to yellow-brown, oblong-ovoid, 4-5 mm. Spores 20-30 µm.
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