Plants small, in compact, yellow-brown or green tufts. Stems (0.5-)1-2(-4) cm. Leaves erect spreading or falcate-secund, lanceolate, subulate, 2-3 mm; costa 30-55 µm wide at base, long-excurrent, rough near tip; distal laminal cells mostly quadrate (2-5:1), incrassate; basal laminal cells elongate, alar cells differentiated. Perichaetial leaves much larger than stem leaves. Seta short, 1-3 mm. Capsule immersed in perichaetial leaves, straight; peristome teeth spreading outward when dry. Spores 16-27 µm.