Hymenophyllum pallidum (Blume) Ebihara & K.Iwats.

Rhizome 0.25–0.5 mm diam., forming a dense hairy mat; hairs fine, sparse, whitish to golden red. Fronds 4–16 cm long, pendulous. Stipe wiry, 1–6 cm long, not winged. Lamina ovate-lanceolate, deeply 2-or 3-pinnatifid, 3.5–12 cm long, 1–5 cm wide, ± glaucous, with multi-stratose lamina ± covered with pale brown jointed hairs on either side of the axes and veins (the degree of glaucousness and of hairiness variable); margins entire, thickened. Ultimate segments c. 0.8 mm wide; apex acute to rounded. Sori terminal on basal acroscopic pinna segments; involucre cup-shaped with a narrow, ± pointed base, 1.2–1.8 mm long, 0.6–1 mm diam.; mouth truncate, slightly dilated, entire or ± crenate; receptacle shortly exserted to 0.8 mm beyond the mouth.

Grows on wet rocks, rotting logs and tree trunks in montane tropical rainforest.