Plants small, forming sods, brownish green; saxicolous. Stems 2.5-3.5 mm high, rarely branched; in section round, central strand present, very small, inner cortical cells large, outer cortical cells smaller, incrassate. Leaves spirally twisted around stem to crisped, lamina widely involute dry, erect-spreading wet; spathulate, 0.8-1.2 mm long; apex rounded; margins involute above. Costa percurrent to ending below apex; ventral superficial cells quadrate, thin-walled, mammillose, dorsal superficial cells rectangular, incrassate, weakly prorate; in section round, guide cells 2, ventral cells in single row, similar to laminal cells, dorsal stereid band 2-3 cells thick, dorsal surface cells substereids. Upper laminal cells quadrate to rounded-quadrate, incrassate, mammillose ventrally, some cells with single, small papilla on dorsal surface; marginal cells frequently with several papillae; basal cells larger, quadrate to rectangular, smooth. Gemmae infrequent, cylindrical, echinate, 150-200 µm long. Dioicous. Plants undifferentiated. Perigonium terminal, perigonial leaves with oval bases. Perichaetia terminal, perichaetial leaves Ungulate, 1.0-1.5 mm long. Seta 4.5-6.5 mm long, brownish; capsule ovate to elliptical, 1.0-1.2 mm long, brownish yellow; peristome yellowish, teeth irregularly cleft above, fragile, united at base forming a short basal membrane, papillose; operculum obliquely rostrate, 0.5 mm long; spores round, 10-12 µm, granulate.
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