Plants green, yellowish, or brown. Stems to 30 cm; sclerodermis very thick, cortical cell walls firm; axillary hair basal cells 1-3, subrectangular, reddish brown, distal cells 3-5, oblong, hyaline. Leaves erect to erect-spreading, imbricate, 2-4 mm; medial laminal cells 10-60 × 5-8 µm; marginal cells linear, 60-120 × 6-8 µm, forming weak border. Perigonia with leaves ecostate, antheridia few (4 or 5), paraphyses present. Perichaetia with leaves ovate-lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, 2-4 mm, margins entire, apex acute to long-acuminate, ecostate, archegonia many, paraphyses present. Seta with surface cells quadrate. Capsule 1.5-2.5 mm; annulus 8-or 9-seriate, persistent, cell walls thick; operculum 0.5-1.2 mm; exostome teeth inserted, orange or red, shorter than endostome, trabeculae widely spaced, papillose. Calyptra 2-3 mm.
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