Plants to 1 cm. Stem leaves erect when dry, lanceolate, 2-3.2(-3.5) mm; margins recurved on one side in proximal 2/3, plane or slightly recurved in proximal 1/4 on other side, entire or papillose-crenulate; apex acute; basal laminal cells rectangular to almost quadrate, walls thin, usually not nodose; distal cells (7-)11-14(-16) µm, 1-stratose, papillae 2-4 per cell, simple to 2-fid, large. Specialized asexual reproduction absent. Sexual condition gonioautoicous or cladautoicous. Seta 0.4-0.6 mm. Capsule 2/3 emergent to short-exserted, cylindric, 2-2.3 mm, narrowly 8-ribbed entire length, constricted below mouth when dry; stomata immersed; peristome double; prostome present, rudimentary; exostome teeth 16, erect when mature, reflexed when old, irregularly papillose-striate; endostome segments 16, well developed, of 1 row of cells, , papillose. Calyptra conic-oblong, smooth, sparsely hairy, hairs smooth. Spores 16-18(-19) µm.
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