Plants small, loosely caespitose, dark green above, brownish below; terricolous. Stems 2 mm tall, unbranched; in section with central strand, cortical cells thin-walled, in 4-5 rows, outer row smaller, reddish. Leaves appressed, spirally twisted around stem dry, erect-spreading wet; oblong-lanceolate, 1.2 mm long; apex acute; base scarcely differentiated; margins narrowly revolute, entire. Costa mucronate; ventral surface bearing numerous filaments, dorsal superficial cells rectangular, smooth; in section subround, guide cells 6, ventral filaments 4-6 cells high, apical cells of filaments subglobose, with 2-4 papillae, filaments frequently branched above, dorsal stereid band strong, to 8 cells thick, dorsal surface cells undifferentiated. Upper laminal cells quadrate to angular, thin-walled, smooth; in section dorsal surface strongly thickened; basal cells weakly differentiated, quadrate to short-rectangular, hyaline, thin-walled. Dioicous or cladautoicous. Perichaetia terminal, leaves to 1.5 mm long. Seta to 10 mm long, yellow; capsule cylindrical, 1.2-1.5 mm long, reddish yellow; peristome with basal membrane projecting above mouth, to 50 µm high, teeth irregularly cleft, long-filiform, 500 µm high, twisted counterclockwise 1-2 times, yellowish red, papillose; operculum long-conic, to 0.6 mm long, cells twisted counter-clockwise; spores round to subround, 18-20 µm, weakly papillose.
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