Plants medium-sized, loosely caespitose, yellowish green, brownish below; terricolous. Stems 10-50 mm long, branches few, occasionally with flagellate branches, tomentum sparse on lower stem, reddish; in section round, central strand present, inner cortical cells in 3-6 rows, thin-walled, red-yellow, slightly thickened toward outside, outer cortical cells in 2 rows, stereids, reddish, epidermal cells thin-walled, fragile, quickly absent and stem fluted. Leaves widespreading to recurved wet or dry; long-acuminate to subulate above ovate to oval base, 2.0-2.5(-3.0) mm long, 0.4-0.5 mm wide in base, plication of lamina variable and weak, plicae extending to upper leaf or very short and restricted to base, occasionally absent on some leaves; margins reflexed to recurved below mid-leaf, serrulate below, serrate above. Costa long-to short-excurrent as denticulate awn, 0.5-1.0 mm long; superficial cells rectangular, smooth, incrassate; in section elliptical to rounded, guide cells 2-4, thickened, ventral cells in single row, stereids or substereids, dorsal stereid or substereid band small, of 4-6 cells, dorsal surface cells substereids. Laminal cells long-rectangular, 5-10:1, strongly incrassate but not pitted or nodose, prorate or papillose at proximal end of cell, occasionally almost smooth; in section surface slightly irregular; basal cells weakly differentiated, long-rectangular, 10-12:1, weakly thickened; alar cells weakly differentiated as slightly shorter and broader cells. Dioicous. Perichaetia lateral through innovation; leaves oblong to oval, abruptly acuminate. Seta 10-15 mm long, reddish yellow; capsule symmetrical, urn globose wet, cylindrical and rugose dry, 1.2-1.5 mm long, red-yellow; exothecial cells quadrate to rectangular or angular, 5-6 rows at mouth transversely rectangular; stomata numerous at base of urn, subphaneropore; peristome double, fragile, only bases of teeth seen, papillose, endostome rudimentary, fragments adhering to exostome, smooth; operculum conic, minutely apiculate; spores rounded, 37-45 µm, warty, brownish.
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Plants medium-sized, loosely caespitose. Stems 10-50 mm long, fluted. Leaves patent to recurved, long-acuminate to subulate above oval base, 2-3 mm long, weakly plicate; margins serrate above; costa excurrent as denticulate awn. Upper laminal cells long-rectangular, smooth to prorate or papillose at proximal end; basal and alar cells weakly differentiated. Capsule globose, rugose when dry; peristome double, fragile, endostome rudimentary. Spores warty.
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