Plants small, in loose tufts or cushions, yellow-green to light green, brownish below; terricolous or saxicolous. Stem 1.0-2.5 mm tall, simple or sparsely branched below; in section angular, central strand small, inner cortical cells lax, outer cortical cells in 1-2 rows, incrassate, reddish; axillary hairs 3-6 cells long, hyaline throughout. Leaves incurved to appressed dry, recurved wet; ligulate to linear-lanceolate, 0.4-1.5 mm long; apex obtuse to rounded or broadly acute and apiculate; base oblong; margin plane, entire. Costa ending 2-5 cells below apex to percurrent; ventral superficial cells quadrate to rectangular, sparsely papillose, occasionally densely papillose above, dorsal superficial cells rectangular, papillose; in section semicircular, guide cells 2, ventral stereid band absent or rarely 1-2 cells over guide cells, ventral surface cells similar to guide cells, papillose, dorsal stereid band strong, 4 cells thick, dorsal surface cells rarely differentiated, papillose. Upper laminal cells quadrate or a few short-rectangular, weakly thickened, papillae crowded, low, simple, 4-6 per cell; basal cells hyaline, rectangular, thin-walled, smooth. Dioicous. Perigonia gemmate; perichaetia terminal, leaves weakly differentiated, ovate-lanceolate, sheathing below, 1.5 mm long. Seta 4-5 mm long, yellowish; capsule elliptical, 0.5-0.8(-1) mm long, yellow-red; peristome absent; operculum rostrate, to 0.5 mm long; calyptra cucullate, 1.2 mm long; spores round, 9-12 µm, granulate.
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Plants light to dark green, cespitose, crowded or rarely forming a dense turf. Cauline leaves long-rectangular or long-elliptical to broadly lanceolate, straight to strongly reflexed, 0.5-2 mm, apex rounded to broadly acute, occasionally apiculate; distal cells sometimes 2-stratose marginally in patches or entirely and also medially in patches, distal laminal cells 7-13 µm in width, 1:1; costa subpercurrent to percurrent. Specialized asexual reproduction absent. Perichaetia single on an elongate axis, terminating the axis; perichaetial leaves loose and flexuose, ligulate to ovate-lanceolate, little sheathing at base, basal cells rectangular, smooth, distal laminal cells quadrate, strongly papillose. Capsule long-or rarely short-cylindric, wide-mouthed, with flat or weakly convex exothecial cells, these usually 20-25(-30) µm wide, though somewhat bulging near the neck.
Plants small. Stems up to 3 mm long, central strand small. Leaves ligulate to linear-lanceolate above oblong base, 0.4-1.5 mm long; apex obtuse to broadly acute and apiculate; margins plane; costa ending below to percurrent; in section dorsal stereid band absent or small. Upper laminal cells quadrate, sparsely papillose; basal cell rectangular, hyaline. Capsule elliptical, peristome absent.
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