Rhizome 2-3 mm in diam., densely scaly throughout; scales reddish brown, lanceolate, ca. 5 mm, broad at peltate base, margin entire or sometimes sparsely toothed, apex long acuminate. Fronds monomorphic. Stipe straw-colored, 2-20 cm, 1-2 mm in diam., glabrous; lamina hastate or simple; simple lamina: ovate to linear or lanceolate, 2-20 × 1-2 cm, base cuneate or rounded, margin notched, apex acute or obtuse; hastate lamina: with 1 or 2 basal lateral lobes, sometimes one much longer than other, all lobes widest at base, apices acuminate. Costa and lateral veins distinct, veinlets obscure. Lamina papery or herbaceous, both surfaces glabrous, abaxial surface usually somewhat glaucous. Sori orbicular, large, 2-3 mm in diam., medial, superficial.