Plants gregarious, green to yellow-green. Stems 0.2-1 cm, gemmiform to strongly rounded julaceous. Leaves erect when moist, ovate, somewhat concave, 0.3-1(-1.2) base red; margins plane; apex broadly acute, not cucullate, not hyaline distally; costa not reaching apex, apiculus absent; proximal laminal cells quadrate or short-rectangular, 8-12 µm wide, 1-2:1; distal cells of main (fertile) stem leaves elongate-hexagonal, (30-) 35-60(-70) × 6-12 µm, 4-5(-6):1, walls thin. Specialized asexual reproduction absent. Seta red to red-brown, 1-2 cm. Capsule red to red-brown, ovate, 1-2 mm; hypophysis slender to weakly differentiated, sometimes slightly thickened and weakly rugose when dry. Spores 10-18 µm.
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