Plants (2-)3-6(-10) cm. Stems reddish brown to black when old; micronemata present, often absent on young stems. Leaves green to dark green, contorted when dry, obovate or broadly elliptic, 4-9(-12) mm; margins green or sometimes reddish, 1-or 2-stratose; apex rounded or retuse, sometimes emarginate, rarely weakly apiculate; costa ending well before apex, subpercurrent, or percurrent, sometimes 2-fid distally; medial laminal cells elongate, (55-)80-100(-130) µm, weakly collenchymatous, walls lightly pitted; marginal cells linear, in 2-3(-4) rows. Sexual condition dioicous. Seta 2-4 cm. Capsule oblong or cylindric, 3-4 mm; operculum conic-rostrate; exostome greenish yellow, lamellae 18+. Spores 25-35 µm.
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