Stems 15+ cm, 1-7 mm wide, complanate-foliate or sometimes julaceous, branches sometimes attenuate at apices; epidermal cells large, walls thin; rhizoids on leaves on underside of stems from base of stems and branches about 1/2 up and on base of costa and adjacent cells on abaxial surface, brown to reddish brown, smooth or minutely papillose. Leaves symmetric, concave, 2-5 × 1-2 mm; alar region triangular, of 1-3 longitudinal rows of decurrent cells, terminating at base in 1 cell; basal laminal cell walls pitted; medial cells 96-175 × 7-11 µm. Perigonia and perichaetia at base of stems, perigonial bracts broadly ovate-lanceolate, apex acute. Seta single, 2.5-4.5 cm, often curved, rarely circinate. Capsule exserted, light brown to orange-brown, 1.5-4 × 0.4-0.9 mm, smooth; stomata few, present in neck, superficial; operculum 0.8-1.2 mm. Spores 11-14 µm.
Home