Plants small, in compact, moderately shiny, yellow-brown or green tufts. Stems (0.5-)1-2(-4) cm. Leaves erect or falcate-secund, lanceolate, subulate, 2-3 mm; costa 30-60 µm wide at base, very long-excurrent, rough near tip; distal laminal cells mostly rectangular (2-5:1), incrassate; basal laminal cells elongate, alar cells differentiated. Seta long, (3-)4-6(-7) mm. Capsule exserted, slightly curved, obscurely to distinctly ribbed when dry, annulus of 2 rows of cells; peristome red, spreading outward when dry. Spores 16-28 µm.
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