Plants usually green-, red-or dark brown. Stems to 0.6 cm, central strand present. Stem leaves appressed-incurved when dry, weakly spreading and not keeled when moist, monomorphic, ovate-lanceolate, broadly concave adaxially across leaf, usually 0.7-1.2 mm, base weakly differentiated in shape, ovate, margins weakly recurved at mid leaf, minutely crenulate, apex rounded-acute, often weakly cucullate; costa ending (2-)4-6 cells below the apex, not strongly spurred, little tapering, without an adaxial pad of cells, adaxial costal cells quadrate or short-to long-rectangular, 2 cells wide at mid leaf often grading to 4 proximally, guide cells in 1 layer; basal laminal cells differentiated medially, walls thin or thick, quadrate to rectangular, not perforated; distal laminal cells 9-11 wide, 1:1, papillae absent visible or low, simple, 1 over each lumen, lumens sub-quadrate to irregular, walls evenly thickened, weakly convex on both sides of lamina, 1-stratose. Specialized asexual reproduction by mostly unicellular gemmae in leaf axils. Sexual condition only perichaetial plants seen. Sporophytes unknown. Distal laminal KOH reaction red.
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