Plants 0.2-2.5 cm. Stems simple or sparsely branched. Distal stipe leaves ovate-lanceolate, 1.8 × 0.9 mm; base not auriculate or rounded, decurrent; apex broadly acuminate; costa percurrent in distal leaves; alar cells in 7-14 rows of 2-23 cells, quadrate or short-rectangular, into decurrent wing and distally along margin; medial laminal cells 16-46 × 2-µm. Branch leaves strongly seriate, strongly concave, 1.1-1.7 × 0.3-0.6 mm; apex short, broad; medial laminal cells 16-46 × 2-3 µm, strongly prorate. [Seta 0.5-0.9 cm. Capsule 1.8-2.7 × 0.9 mm. Spores spheric or ovoid, 30-41 × 28-35 µm].