Stems 10-14 m, central strand absent. Leaves broadly oblong to elliptic or spathulate, 2-4 mm, apices rounded, apiculate to hair-pointed; margins plane; costa excurrent, awns shorter than leaf lamina, hyaline, smooth, stout; laminal cells 10-22 µm; basal cells rectangular, 60-90 µm, walls thickened, adaxial and abaxial surfaces smooth; basal marginal cells distinctly differentiated in 10-20 rows. Specialized asexual reproduction absent. Seta 1-3 mm, red to yellowish red, smooth. Capsule exserted or sometimes just emergent, erect, cylindric, 1-3 mm, smooth, reddish yellow with distinctive red rim, gymnostomous; exothecial cells rectangular, to 85 µm, walls thickened; peristome absent; operculum 0.5-0.8 mm. Calyptra 2-5 mm, fringed at base, smooth to weakly papillose. Spores 30-50 µm, warty, brown.
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