Plants soft, in small, loose tufts, light to very dark green. Stems 1-2.5 cm. Branch leaves strongly crisped and curled when dry, ovate-lanceolate, abruptly subulate, entire or sometimes serrated above, 3-6 mm, subtubulose above, strongly sheathing at base, margins plane; costa mostly percurrent; laminal cells mostly 1-stratose, 2-stratose only at margins; distal laminal quadrate to short-rectangular, incrassate; basal laminal cells elongate, rectangular, incrassate, alar cells not differentiated. Seta (8-)10-15(-21) mm. Capsule pale yellow-brown, furrowed when dry, 0.8-2 mm, peristome bright red. Spores 14-20(-30) µm.
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