Plants medium-sized, in loose tufts, yellowish green to green; terricolous or saxicolous. Stems erect, 10-30 mm tall, little branched; in section central strand absent, inner cortical cells incrassate, in 8 rows, smaller toward margin, outer cortical cells in 1-2 rows, smaller, substereids, reddish. Leaves erect to secund dry, spreading wet, occasionally falcate; ovate to oblong, subulate, 3-4 mm long; apex acute, weakly toothed; base weakly auriculate; margins plane to erect, entire or serrulate above; border of hyaline, elongated cells, 3-4 cells wide at base, 1 cell wide above. Costa strong, ending in subula; in section guide cells 4, dorsal and ventral stereid bands 1-2 cells thick, surface cells not differentiated. Laminal cells quadrate or rounded-quadrate to short-rectangular, dorsally papillose with numerous low blunt papillae over lumen, occasionally apical cells with only one or two stellate or spinose papillae, laminal cells becoming long-rectangular with seriate papillae toward base; intermediate cells few, rectangular, smooth, quickly merging with long-rectangular, incrassate basal cells; alar cells enlarged, quadrate to rectangular, reddish brown. Perichaetial leaves sheathing, broadly ovate, abruptly subulate, 3 mm long. Seta straight, 9-10 mm long, reddish; capsule short-cylindrical, to 1 mm long; peristome reddish yellow, teeth divided above, occasionally perforated below, vertically striate below, papillose above; spores round, 25 µm, weakly papillose.
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