Stems 5-8 mm, central strand weakly differentiated, small. Leaves elliptic to ligulate or lingulate, 1-2 mm; apices muticous, obtuse; margins plane to weakly recurved along one margin; costa subpercurrent, narrow, papillose distally; laminal cells 10-15 µm; basal cells rectangular, 25-75 µm, smooth; basal marginal cells not differentiated. Specialized asexual reproduction absent. Seta 4-8 mm, brownish red to black. Capsule short-cylindric, 1-2.5 mm, smooth to weakly striate, yellowish brown, exothecial cells rectangular, walls weakly thickened; peristome absent; operculum 0.5 mm. Calyptra 2-4 mm, smooth, lacerate at base. Spores 22-28 µm, papillose, dark brown.