Plants small to medium, forming dense tufts or cushions, brownish green above, reddish below; terricolous or saxicolous. Stems erect, 0.5-20.0 mm high, branching; in section with large central strand, inner cortical cells lax, outer cortical cells in 1-2 rows, small, incrassate, red. Leaves contorted dry, erect-spreading wet, dense; lanceolate to linear-lanceolate above ovate to oblong base, 2.0-3.5 mm long; apex acute, mucronate; margins revolute to apex, entire or frequently with a few yellowish teeth at apex. Costa short-excurrent, ventral superficial cells quadrate, incrassate, papillose, dorsal superficial cells elongate, incrassate, papillose; in section suboval, guide cells 2-4(-6), lateral guide cells sometimes smaller, ventral stereid band small, 2 cells thick, surface cells larger, incrassate, papillose, dorsal stereid band 3-4 cells thick, surface cells slightly larger, outer walls strongly incrassate, lumens lunate. Upper laminal cells quadrate to rectangular, rarely a few cells transversely rectangular, papillose, 3-4 low, C-shaped papillae covering cell; marginal cells papillose; basal cells rectangular, smooth, red-brown. Paroicous. Perichaetial leaves with wide, sheathing base. Seta straight, 5-7 mm long, red-brown; capsule short-cylindrical, 1.0-1.5 mm long, dark red when mature, light brown when old; peristome teeth erect, linear, cleft or perforated above middle, spiculate, yellowish; operculum obliquely rostrate, to 0.6 mm long; spores subround, 17-20 µm, smooth.
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Stems often short, but to 2 cm in sterile plants. Stem leaves oblong-lanceolate to long-lanceolate, occasionally ovate, mostly 1.5-3.5 mm, distal lamina 1-stratose, margins recurved in proximal 3/4 of leaf or to apex, entire or 1-3 toothed at apex, acute to broadly acute apically; costa percurrent or ending 1-4 cells before the apex, not much widened or tapering, usually 4-6 epidermal cells wide at mid leaf, adaxial surface of the costa weakly convex or concave; proximal leaf cells rectangular throughout the sheathing base, those in 1-4 marginal rows often narrow, the medial cells usually 3-4:1. Specialized asexual reproduction absent. Sexual condition synoicous, paroicous, polygamous or rhizautoicous. Capsule theca 0.8-2.2 mm, operculum 0.3-1 mm, peristome teeth 16, irregularly cleft, 100-220 µm or occasionally rather short, smooth. Spores 14-17 µm.
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