Plants very small to minute, gregarious, light green; terricolous. Stems erect, 0.5 mm tall; in section round, central strand present, cortical cells very thin-walled, in 3-4 rows, outer row weakly thickened, reddish. Leaves secund; oval, long-subulate, 1.3-1.7 mm long; margins plane, entire. Costa filling subula; in section ventral cells thin-walled, in single layer, dorsal cells in 2 layers, cells smaller, incrassate. Laminal cells rectangular, thin-walled, cells of subula linear, incrassate, smooth. Paroicous. Perichaetia terminal, leaves undifferentiated, 2.2 mm long. Seta arcuate, 0.8 mm long; capsule laterally exserted, pendent, ovoid, 0.8 mm long (immature), exothecial cells rounded-quadrate, incrassate, transversely elongate at mouth; peristome absent; operculum short-rostrate; calyptra mitriform; spores not seen.
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