Plants small to medium, in dense tufts, green to yellow-green above, brownish below; terricolous. Stems 20-30 mm high, infrequently branched, radiculose below; in section round, central strand small, cortical cells in 3-4 rows, outer row smaller, incrassate. Leaves erect to patent; subulate above oval base, 2.5-4.5 mm long; apex blunt, toothed; margins erect, entire below, toothed in upper subula; base weakly clasping, gradually narrowing to subula. Costa broad, filling subula; in proximal section sub-oval, guide cells 6-10, ventral stereid band 2-3 cells thick, ventral surface cells larger, incrassate, dorsal stereid band 2-4 cells thick, dorsal surface cells larger, incrassate or substereids. Upper laminal cells incrassate, elliptical to short-oblong in subula, rectangular at shoulders; basal cells long-rectangular, strongly thickened; basal marginal cells linear, thin-walled, hyaline. Autoicous. Perichaetial leaves oblong-subulate, 4 mm long. Seta erect, 5 mm long, yellow; capsules oval to short-elliptical, 1.5-2.0 mm long; peristome fragile, short, teeth undivided, papillose; operculum rostrate, to 1 mm long; calyptra and spores not seen.
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