Plants medium-sized, light green to yellow-green; terricolous. Stems 4-6 mm tall, simple; in section subround, central strand present, inner cortical cells thin-walled, outer cortical cells in 1-2 rows, smaller, incrassate. Leaves larger above, little contorted dry, erect-spreading wet; oblong-lanceolate to asymmetrically ovate-lingulate, 0.8-1.5 mm long; apex acute to broadly acute; margins crenulate by marginal cell papillae, limbidia on vaginant laminae only, restricted to proximal ? of laminae, broad at insertion, strong on perichaetial and subperichaetial leaves, absent in lower leaves; costa subper-current, ending 2-3 cells below apex. Vaginant laminae to ? of leaf length, termination of one blade laminal; dorsal lamina tapering proximally or occasionally abruptly rounded below, ending just above insertion. Upper laminal cells thin-walled, hexagonal to sub-hexagonal, 7-10 µm long, superficially bulging, weakly mammillose; basal cells quadrate, smooth. Dioicous. Perichaetia terminal; leaves lanceolate, to 2.5 mm long. Seta very short, 0.6-0.8 mm high, yellowish; capsule erect, urn short-cylindrical, 0.6-0.7 mm long, wide at mouth, yellowish, mouth reddish; exothecial cells short-rectangular, thin-walled, at mouth cells very small, quadrate, in 2-4 rows; peristome not seen; operculum rostrate, 0.8 mm long; spores round, 12 µm, weakly papillose.
Home