Plants medium to large, in cushions, green to yellow-green; terricolous or saxi-colous. Stems 10-40 mm tall, frequently with reddish tomentum below; in section round, central strand small, inner cortical cells in 5-6 rows, of medium size, outer cortical cells in 2-3 rows, smaller, reddish. Leaves weakly contorted dry, spreading wet, linear-lanceolate, subulate to setaceous, 4-7 mm long; base auriculate; margins plane to erect, serrate to serrulate above. Costa ? to 2/5 of width of leaf base, percurrent; in proximal section guide cells c. 22, ventral cells large, thin-walled, completely covering guide cells, dorsal stereids in groups of 4-8 cells, stereid groups separated by larger, strongly incrassate cells, dorsal surface smooth to rough; in distal section ventral cells incrassate, completely covering guide cells, dorsal stereid groups of 4 cells separated by a larger incrassate cell, dorsal surface with single-celled lamellae under stereid groups. Upper laminal cells small, quadrate to rhomboidal or rectangular, incrassate; basal cells larger, rectangular, incrassate, occasionally weakly pitted; alar cells generally well defined, quadrate, enlarged, reddish. Perichaetia terminal, leaves oblong, subulate to setaceous, 8-9 mm long. Seta 6-7 mm long, flexuose to cygneous, red-brown; capsule arcuate, urn cylindrical, 1.5-2.0 mm long; exothecial cells rectangular, incrassate; peristome teeth 16, triangular, 0.5 mm long, cleft above, striate below, papillose above, reddish; operculum rostrate; spores round, 12-15 µm, irregularly papillose.
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