Stems to 10 mm, central strand weakly differentiated, cells very thin-walled. Leaves oblong to lingulate or ligulate, 1.5-3 mm, apices obtuse to broadly acute, hair-pointed, margins plane, weakly bordered; costa excurrent, awns shorter than leaf lamina, smooth, narrow; laminal cells 12-18 µm; basal cells rectangular, 30-70 µm, smooth; basal marginal cells weakly differentiated, in 12-18 rows, longer than laminal cells. Specialized asexual reproduction absent. Seta 3-8 mm, dark red. Capsule short-cylindric, 1-2 mm, weakly striate to ribbed, gymnostomous, yellowish brown, exothecial cells rectangular to linear, walls thickened; peristome absent; operculum 0.5 mm. Calyptra 2-4 mm, lacerate at base, smooth. Spores 26-35 µm, warty, brown.
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