Plants small, scattered or in loose patches, light green; corticolous or rarely saxicolous. Stems 1.0-1.5 mm tall, simple; in section subround, central strand very small, inner cortical cells in 1-2 rows, large, outer cortical cells in 1-2 rows, small, incrassate. Leaves flattened, with recurved apices dry, erect-spreading wet; lanceolate, 0.6-0.9 mm long; apex acute; margins elimbate, serrate, frequently dentate on vaginant laminae; costa strong, percurrent. Vaginant laminae extending to mid-leaf, termination of one blade laminal; dorsal lamina tapering proximally, just reaching insertion. Laminal cells hexagonal to angular, 6-12 µm long, thickened, weakly bulging to sharply mammillose. Perichaetia terminal; leaves undifferentiated. Seta 2 mm long, yellow; capsule erect, urn short-cylindrical, 0.3-0.5 mm long, yellowish; exothecial cells quadrate, bulging, thin-walled; peristome deeply cleft, reddish; spores round, 12-14 µm, weakly papillose.
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