Leaves loosely erect, subsecund, ca. 1 (proximal) to 1.6 (distal) mm, longly subulate-acuminate from a concave, lanceolate base; margins sharply serrate above the shoulders; costa excurrent, filling the subula, often weak or absent near the insertion; median cells oblong-rhomboidal, 43-66 × 12-17 µm, firm-walled, becoming larger at base. Sexual condition paroicous. Seta stout, arcuate, ca. 1 mm. Capsule laterally emergent, pendulous, ca. 0.7 mm (including operculum); operculum dome-shaped, short-apiculate. Calyptra weakly prorulose near apex. Spores subreniform, 67-100 µm, granulate-tuberculate on distal face, the ornamentation becoming fused and ± ribbed on proximal face.