Plants in dense cushions, blackish green. Stems 0.5-0.7(-1) cm, central strand weak. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, 1.5-2 mm, both margins plane, incurved distally, intermarginal bands absent, awn 0.4-0.8 mm, costal transverse section prominent, semicircular; basal juxtacostal laminal cells short-rectangular, straight, thin-walled; basal marginal laminal cells short-rectangular, straight, with thick transverse and thin lateral walls, not hyaline; medial laminal cells quadrate to rounded, straight, thin-walled; distal laminal cells 2-stratose. Perichaetial leaves not enlarged. Sexuality dioicous. Seta straight, 0.9-1.1 mm. Capsule commonly present, emergent, chestnut brown, ovate with distinct constriction below rim, exothecial cells rectangular, thick-walled, stomata absent, annulus of 1 row of quadrate, thick-walled cells, operculum conic, peristome absent. Calyptra cucullate.
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