Plants small, in dense cushions, olive-green, brownish below; saxicolous. Stems to 5 mm high, simple; in section round, centra strand absent, but central cells often coloured, cortical cells lax, somewhat thickened at margins. Leaves incurved-appessed or slightly contorted dry, erect wet; ungulate to ovate-lingulate, 1.0-1.5 mm long; apex obtuse; margins broadly involute above. Costa short-excurrent to mucronate; ventral surface with 4 high, undulate lamellae, dorsal superficial cells long-rectangular, strongly incrassate; in section subround, guide cells 4, each bearing a plate-like lamella, to 16 cells high, dorsal stereid band to 6 cells thick, dorsal surface cells substereids. Upper laminal cells quadrate, incrassate, smooth; basal cells similar or slightly larger, thin-walled; lamellae cells quadrate, thin-walled, chlorophyllous. Autoicous. Perichaetial leaves undifferentiated. Seta 1.0-1.2 mm long, yellowish; capsule subglobose, to 1 mm long, gymnostomous; operculum rostrate, to 0.7 mm long; calyptra cucullate, 2 mm long, covering capsule; spores large, 35-38 µm, papillose.
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