Plants very small, scattered, yellow-green; terricolous. Stems to 4 mm high in sterile plants, in fertile plants generally less than 1 mm high, simple; in section elliptical, central strand present, cortical cells in 2-3 rows, small, thickened. Leaves crowded in fertile plants, distant in sterile plants, little altered dry; asymmetrically broadly ovate to ligulate, 0.3-0.5 mm long; apex acute, generally bent downwards in sterile plants; margins entire, elimbate in lower leaves, limbate by 1-4 rows of elongate cells on vaginant laminae of subperichaetial leaves; costa strong, percurrent to very short-excurrent. Vaginant laminae extending to upper leaf, termination of one blade costal; dorsal lamina very narrow or bulging distally in leaves of fertile plants, ending well above insertion. Laminal cells quadrate to short-rectangular, 10-15 µm long, smooth, flat. Perichaetia terminal; leaves asymmetrical, broadly ovate, acuminate, to 1 mm long, vaginant laminae distinctly limbate. Seta 3-7 mm long, yellowish; capsule erect to inclined, urn short-cylindrical, 0.6-0.8 mm long, yellowish, mouth reddish; exothecial cells quadrate, longitudinal walls thickened; peristome deeply cleft, reddish; operculum short-rostrate, 0.3 mm long; spores round, 22-25 µm, weakly papillose.
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