Plants small to medium, in tufts, yellowish green; terricolous. Stems 7-12 mm high, simple; in section round, central strand present, inner cortical cells large, thin-walled, outer cortical cells in 2-3 rows, substereids. Leaves flexuose, oval to oblong, long-subulate, 1.8-3.5 mm long; margins plane to erect in subula, entire. Costa broad, filling subula; in proximal section flattened, guide cells 12-18, large, exposed ventrally or frequently with 2-3 ventral surface cells over central guide cells, dorsal stereid band 2-3 cells thick, dorsal surface cells not differentiated; in distal section guide cells 18-20, large, median, ventral stereid band 1-2 cells thick, ventral surface cells substereids, dorsal stereid band 2-4 cells thick, dorsal surface cells substereids, dorsal surface irregular. Laminal cells narrowly rectangular, incrassate; basal cells longer, oblong, incrassate. Autoicous. Perichaetial leaves oblong, abruptly setaceous, 5.5-6.5 mm long. Seta 10-20 mm long, yellow to reddish yellow; capsule erect, urn cylindrical or broader below, 2.5-3.2 mm long; peristome fragile, teeth deeply cleft above short basal membrane into two narrow, papillose processes, rarely perforated below; operculum rostrate, 0.8 mm long; calyptra cucullate, 10 mm long; spores round, 17-18 µm, papillose.
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