Plants in dense mats, bright green. Stems to 10 cm, subpinnate, branches complanate-foliate. Leaves erect to spreading, oblong-lanceolate to oblong-ovate, 1.4-2 mm; margins plane, entire proximally, serrulate distally; apex acute; ecostate or costa double, very short; alar region gradually differentiated, 1-stratose, ± reaching costa. Sexual condition autoicous. Seta yellow, 1-3 cm Capsule long-cylindric, 2-4 mm; annulus not differentiated; operculum bluntly short-rostrate; exostome teeth reddish, external and internal surfaces irregularly striate throughout, perforate; endostome segments striate to coarsely papillose proximally, papillose at extreme apex. Spores 12-16 µm.