Plants in compact to open cush-ions, (dark) olivaceous or reddish brown, sometimes with rusty tones. Stems 0.5-2 cm, central strand distinct. Leaves curved, occasionally erect when dry, narrowly ovate-lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, keeled distally, 1.3-2.1 mm, 1-stratose, occasionally 2-stratose in striae distally; margins recurved to near apex, often unequally, smooth or weakly denticulate, 2-stratose; apices acute or somewhat obtuse; costa percurrent or excurrent as a long, often flexuose, spinulose-denticulate or denticulate awn, abaxial surface smooth or weakly papillose; basal marginal cells usually short-rectangular, with transverse walls thicker than longitudinal walls; distal cells short-rectangular or rounded, 7-9 µm wide, smooth, straight or slightly sinuose. Sexual condition autoicous. Capsule yellowish brown or brown, short-cylindric, cupulate, or somewhat campanulate, 0.4-0.8 mm; exothecial cells oblate or isodiametric, often quadrate, thin-walled; stomata present; peristome patent to squarrose, 200-350 µm, brownish or pale yellow, papillose, perforated. Spores 10-12 µm, finely papillose.
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