Plants very small, scattered, green to reddish green; terricolous. Stems 0.1-0.2 mm tall; in section without central strand, cortical cells lax. Leaves imbricate dry, imbricate with erect apices and reflexed awns wet; broadly oval to oblong, 0.8-1.5 mm long; apex acute, chlorophyllous; margins revolute above, entire. Costa excurrent as smooth, reddish yellow awn, 0.1-0.5 mm long, ventral and dorsal superficial cells rectangular, smooth; in section round, guide cells exposed ventrally, 1-4, weakly thickened, dorsally cells incrassate, 2-4 cells thick. Upper laminal cells quadrate, rhomboidal or short-rectangular, thin-walled or weakly thickened, smooth or rarely with 1-2 minute, blunt papillae over lumen; basal cells short-rectangular, thin-walled, smooth. Autoicous. Perichaetial leaves oblong to oval, acute, concave; costa excurrent, reddish; laminal cells short-rectangular to rhombic. Seta 0.1-0.2 mm long; capsule cleistocarpic, globose-apiculate, 0.5 mm long, reddish yellow, darker above; exothecial cells triangular, rectangular or angular-elongate; calyptra minute, mitrate, 0.3 mm long; spores round, 37-42 µm, minutely spinose.
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