Plants in loose tufts, dark green to brownish black. Stems 1-3 cm. Leaves ovate-lanceolate from an ovate base, 1.7-4 × 0.4-0.8 mm, both margins plane, incurved distally, intermarginal bands absent, awn 0.5-1 mm, not decurrent, typically narrowly attached, acute, costa narrow proximally; basal juxtacostal laminal cells usually elongate (sometimes short-rectangular), usually sinuose, and usually with thick lateral walls; basal marginal laminal cells quadrate to long-rectangular, straight, with thick transverse and thin lateral walls, green, not to distinctly hyaline; medial laminal cells rounded to quadrate, straight, thick-walled; distal laminal cells 2-stratose, quadrate, thick-walled. Perichaetial leaves enlarged. Seta straight, 4-6 mm. Capsule occasionally present, exserted, yellow-brown, oblong-ovoid, exothecial cells short-rectangular, thin-walled, stomata present, annulus of 2-3 rows of rectangular, thick-walled cells, operculum long-rostrate, peristome solid, split in distal half. Calyptra cucullate.
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