Plants in dense mats, green to golden brown. Stems to 10 cm, subpinnate, branches terete-foliate. Leaves erect, oblong-ovate to elliptic, 1-2 mm; margins plane, entire proximally, weakly serrulate distally; apex abruptly acute to apiculate; ecostate or costa double, short; alar region ± abruptly differentiated, 1-stratose, not or slightly reaching costa. Sexual condition autoicous. Seta reddish, 0.5-1.6 cm. Capsule cylindric, 2-3.5 mm; annulus 2-or 3-seriate, persistent; operculum obliquely rostrate; exostome teeth reddish, external surface smooth or faintly roughened proximally, finely papillose apically, not perforate; endostome segments smooth. Spores 13-21 µm.
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