Plants medium to large, in cushions, green to yellow-green; saxicolous or corticolous. Stems 20-50 mm tall, branched below, frequently densely tomentose; in section round, central strand small, inner cortical cells in 5-6 rows, large, outer cortical cells in 1-2 rows, small, incrassate, reddish. Leaves crisped above base dry, erect-spreading wet, linear above obovate base, 3-4 mm long; apex acute; margins entire, plane or involute at apex, narrow border of elongate, hyaline cells extending from base to near apex, rarely ending well below apex. Costa percurrent, ventral surface strongly convex; in section subround, guide cells 4-6, ventral stereid or substereid band in 3-4 layers, ventral surface cells large, with numerous small papillae, dorsal stereid band 3 cells thick, dorsal surface cells not differentiated, proximally with massive, low, blunt or bifid papillae, smooth distally. Upper laminal cells rounded, quadrate, incrassate, ventrally with 2-4 low, C-shaped papillae per lumen, occasionally papillae larger, bifid, dorsally weakly papillose to smooth; basal cells rectangular to elongate-hexagonal, hyaline, smooth. Perichaetia terminal, leaves highly differentiated, linear-lanceolate above sheathing base, 4-6 mm long. Seta to 8 mm long; capsule oval, 2 mm long; peristome teeth 16, triangular, smooth, reddish yellow; operculum long-rostrate; calyptra cucullate; spores round, 45-50 µm, tuberculate.
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