Plants small, in loose tufts, yellowish green; corticolous. Stems erect, to 15 mm high, occasionally branched; in section central strand absent, inner cortical cells in 4 rows, incrassate, outer cortical cells in 1-2 rows of substereids, reddish. Leaves flexuose dry, erect-spreading wet; lanceolate-subulate, 2.5-3.0 mm long; apex serrate; margin convolute, entire below, border narrow, ending in subula, to 6 cells wide below. Costa ending in subula; in section guide cells 4, dorsal and ventral stereid bands 2 cells thick, surface cells not differentiated. Laminal cells quadrate, dorsally papillose, each cell with single, large, stellate papillae over lumen; intermediate cells few, rectangular; basal cells irregular, rectangular to rhomboidal, incrassate; alar cells large, yellowish brown, quadrate to short-rectangular, filling base. Sporophyte not known.
Home