Plants forming turfs, yellow to yellow-green; terricolous. Stems erect or prostrate, 3-8 mm tall, branching; in section with central strand of collapsed cells, cortical cells large, thin-walled in 2-3 rows. Leaves bract-like below, erect to spreading above; ovate to ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 0.9-1.8 mm long; margins plane, entire. Costa excurrent as hair-point; in section round, cells undifferentiated, substereids to stereids. Laminal cells short-rhombic to rhomboidal; marginal cells shorter or rectangular to quadrate; basal cells short-rectangular to quadrate. Perichaetia terminal. Leaves erect, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 1-2 mm long; margins entire, plane to recurved. Costa excurrent as hair-point; in section round, cells undifferentiated, incrassate or stereids. Laminal cells rhombic to rhomboidal, 70-90(100) µm long; apical and marginal cells shorter; basal cells rectangular to quadrate, frequently hyaline. Spores 12-20 per capsule, rounded-triangular to tetrahedral, 120-185 µm, smooth or granulose, yellowish.
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