Plants small, cespitose, glossy, dark green. Stems erect, to 0.5 cm. Leaves crispate when dry, oblong-lanceolate, 2 mm; margins entire distally, erect proximally; apex cucullate to subcucullate. Specialized asexual reproduction rare, short-uniseriate or branched gemmae, several cells long, on branched axillary filaments. Seta 1 per perichaetium, 2-3 mm. Capsule ovoid, 0.75-1 mm, smooth or wrinkled when dry; peristome teeth perforate but mostly not divided, densely papillose. Calyptra lobes about one third length of calyptra.