Plants small, loosely caespitose, light green to yellow-green; terricolous or saxicolous. Stems 10-20(-30) mm long, infrequently branched; in section round, central strand present, inner cortical cells in 2-3 rows, thin-walled, outer cortical cells in 2-3 rows, thickened, reddish or yellowish, epidermal cells quickly eroded. Leaves appressed dry, erect-spreading wet; ovate-lanceolate to ovate-acute, 0.4-1.2 mm long; apex acute to occasionally broadly acuminate or rarely rounded; margins plane to occasionally reflexed, coarsely crenulate by projecting cell ends. Costa ending below apex or occasionally percurrent in some leaves; superficial cells rectangular, weakly prorate; in section bulging dorsally, guide cells 2, incrassate, ventral cells in single layer, ± larger than guide cells, thin-walled, dorsal cells in small group of 4-6 cells, incrassate, dorsal surface cells slightly larger than ventral cells, thin-walled. Laminal cells rectangular to weakly oblong-hexagonal, 2-4:1, thin-walled, occasionally some quadrate, smooth or occasionally weakly prorate-papillose; basal cells more regularly quadrate or infrequently short-rectangular, smooth. Only single immature capsule seen; perichaetia terminal; seta 16 mm long; capsule horizontal, globose, 2.2 mm long; exothecial cells short-rectangular, weakly thickened; operculum convex.
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Plants small, loosely caespitose. Stems 10-30 mm long. Leaves appressed when dry, ovate-lanceolate to ovate-acute, 0.4-1.2 mm long; apex mostly acute; margins coarsely crenulate by projecting cells ends; costa ending below to percurrent. Upper laminal cells ± rectangular, smooth or weakly prorate-papillose; basal cells short-rectangular. Capsules rare, horizontal, globose.
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