Plants small, [in tufts], yellowish. Stems 2-9 cm, yellowish, erect, , pinnate to irregularly branched, branches0.4-0.8 cm; hyalodermis present, central strand weak; pseudoparaphyllia foliose. Stem leaves strongly hamate and falcate-secund, ovate-lanceolate, , gradually narrowed to apex, 1.3-1.5 × 0.4-0.5 mm; base sometimes weakly decurrent; margins plane, usually entire, weakly toothed toward apex; apex narrowly acuminate; costa double, short or sometimes to 1/2 leaf length; alar region rarely differentiated except at margin and near insertion, with 2 or 3 slightly larger, thin-walled cells; basal laminal cells shorter, broader than medial cells, unpigmented, walls not pitted; medial cells 40-60(-70) × 3-4 µm. Sexual condition phyllodioicous; . Seta reddish, 1-2 cm. Capsule inclined to horizontal, brown, long-cylindric, 1.5-1.8 mm; annulus 2-or 3-seriate; operculum conic; endostome cilia 1 or 2.