Stems 40-80 mm; central strand small. Leaves broadly ovate to elliptic, lingulate or narrowly spathulate, 2.5-5 mm; apices broadly acute to obtuse, some-times cucullate, mucronate or occasionally short hair-pointed; one or both margins recurved from base to distal portion of leaf; costa ending before apex, percurrent or occasionally short-excurrent in distal leaves, abaxial surface smooth distally; laminal cells 12-18 µm; basal cells 30-90 µm, smooth; basal marginal cells not distinctly differentiated. Specialized asexual reproduction by rhizoidal gemmae, in tufts on stems, filamentous, branching, brown, smooth. Seta 12-20 mm, reddish brown. Capsule 2-4 mm, spirally ribbed, brown to brownish yellow, exothecial cells linear, walls thickened along ridges; peristome double, teeth 16, reddish yellow, linear, 1 mm, papillose, endostome teeth linear from high basal membrane, adhering to exostome, papillose; operculum 1.5-2 mm. Calyptra 4-8 mm, lacerate at base, papillose. Spores 14-24 µm, granulate, brownish green.
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