Plants in dense mats, yellow-green to golden brown. Stems to 8 cm, subpinnate, branches complanate-foliate. Leaves erect-spreading, oblong-ovate, 1.2-2 mm (branch leaves slightly smaller); margins plane, entire or with 1 or 2 teeth at extreme apex; apex broadly acute; ecostate or costa double, short; alar region ± abruptly differentiated, 1-stratose, not reaching costa. Sexual condition autoicous. Seta reddish, 0.4-1.5 cm. Capsule cylindric, 1.2-2.2 mm; annulus 2-4-seriate, persistent; operculum obliquely long-rostrate; exostome teeth reddish, external surface densely papillose proximally, finely papillose apically, not perforate; endostome segments densely papillose. Spores 11-15 µm.