Stems 10-20 mm, central strand weakly differentiated. Leaves narrowly spathulate to lingulate, 1.5-3.5 mm; apices broadly acute, mucronate, apiculate or hair-pointed; margins more or less plane; costa excurrent or sometimes percurrent; laminal cells 10-16 µm; basal cells rectangular, 30-70 µm, walls thin, smooth; basal marginal cells not differentiated. Specialized asexual reproduction absent. Seta 5-12 mm, brownish red. Capsule exserted, short-cylindric, 1-2 mm, smooth, with neck differentiated from urn, constricted and twisted when dry, yellowish brown; exothecial cells rectangular to linear; peristome double, reddish, teeth linear, 0.5 mm, papillose, erect when wet, erect to weakly recurved when dry, endostome fused to exostome, smooth, as long as teeth, basal membrane absent; operculum 1-1.5 mm. Calyptra, 3-6 mm, lacerate at base, smooth. Spores 60-80 µm, granulate, brown.
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