Plants in dense to loose patches, pale green to red-brown. Stems 1.5-4(-5) cm. Leaves narrowly oblong-lanceolate to ligulate from an ovate base, 1.5-2.5 × 0.5-0.7 mm, both margins incurved, intermarginal bands absent, often sheathing, muticous, cucullate, obtuse-rounded, costa narrow proximally; basal juxtacostal laminal cells short-rectangular, straight, thick lateral walled, pale yellow; basal marginal laminal cells short-rectangular, straight, thick lateral walled, pale yellow, hyaline; medial laminal cells rounded to quadrate, straight, thick-walled; distal laminal cells 2-3-stratose, rounded, thick-walled. Perichaetial leaves enlarged. Seta straight to slightly sigmoid, 2-4 mm. Capsule occasionally present, exserted, 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 perforate and split in distal half. Calyptra mitrate.
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