Plants in flat patches, olivaceous. Stems to 3 cm. Leaves ovate-lanceolate from an ovate base, 2.5-3.5 × 0.6-0.7 mm, both mar-gins plane, costa-like inter-marginal bands 2-4(-5)-stratose, awn to 1 mm, not decurrent, narrowly attached, acuminate, costa narrow proximally; basal juxtacostal laminal cells short-to long-rectangular, sinuose, thick lateral-walled, dense; basal marginal laminal cells quadrate to short-rectangular, sinuose, thick lateral-walled, not hyaline; medial laminal cells quadrate, slightly sinuose, thick-walled; distal laminal cells 1-3-stratose, oblate to rectangular, thick-walled. Perichaetial leaves enlarged. Seta straight to slightly arcuate, to 3.5 mm. Capsule occasionally present, exserted, pale yellow, ovoid, exothecial cells oblong, thin-walled, stomata absent, annulus of 1-2 rows of quadrate, thick-walled cells, operculum short straight, peristome fully developed, not perforate, not split. Calyptra cucullate.
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