Plants in compact cushions, yellow-green to dark olivaceous. Stems 1-3 cm, central strand strong. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, 1.5-3 × 0.6-0.7 mm, keeled, one margin recurved proximally, not sheathing, awn 0.5-1.5 mm, costal transverse section prominent, reniform; basal juxtacostal laminal cells long-rectangular to linear, sinuose, thick-walled; basal marginal laminal cells short-rectangular, straight, with thick transverse and thin lateral walls, hyaline; medial laminal cells short-rectangular, sinuose, thick-walled; distal laminal cells 2-stratose, not bulging, marginal cells 2-stratose, not bulging. Sexual condition cladautoicous, perichaetial leaves not enlarged. Seta straight, (1-)2-4 mm. Capsule usually present, (emergent to) exserted, yellow, oblong-ovoid to cylindric, exothecial cells short-to long-rectangular, thin-walled, stomata present in 2-3 rows, annulus of 2 rows of rectangular, thick-walled cells, operculum long-rostrate, peristome present, fully-developed, split and perforate in distal half.
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Plants small to medium-sized, olive to blackish green, in dense cushions. Stems 5-20 mm long. Leaves appressed when dry; ovate-acuminate, bistratose above; apex acute, with short, smooth, hyaline awn; margins recurved on one side; costa percurrent to short-excurrent. Upper laminal cells quadrate, walls smooth. Capsule exserted, ovoid to short-oblong, seta straight; peristome teeth perforated; operculum short-rostrate.
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