Plants large, in dense tufts, olive-green to blackish green; saxicolous. Stems erect, 20-70 mm tall; in section round, central strand absent, inner cortical cells in 5-6 rows, incrassate, outer cortical cells in 1-2 rows, stereids, reddish. Leaves appressed dry, recurved wet; ovate-acuminate, 3-4 mm long; apex acute, rarely with short hyaline hair-point; margins weakly recurved, entire; in section lamina unistratose or bistratose region restricted to marginal ¼ of lamina. Costa strong, ending in acumen; in section reniform, guide cells 6-8, large, incrassate, exposed ventrally, dorsal cells smaller, incrassate. Laminal cells short-rectangular, strongly incrassate, nodose; alar cells not forming distinct group, reddish yellow; basal marginal cells smooth-walled, to 25 cells high, 1(-2) cells wide. Dioicous. Perichaetia terminal; leaves not differentiated. Seta 3-4 mm long, yellow-red; capsule cylindrical, 1.5 mm long; peristome teeth irregularly 2-3-cleft to lower papillose below, ornately papillose above, yellow-orange; operculum rostrate, 1 mm long; spores round, 17-18 µm, granulate.
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