Plants small, golden green to dark green. Stems creeping, freely branched, central strand absent. Pseudoparaphyllia absent. Stem and branch leaves similar, erect, oblong-lanceolate, galeate, concave, 1.5-1. long, 0.38-0.46 mm wide; margins entire; apex acuminate; costae absent; laminal cells linear, smooth, 71-81µm long, 6.0-7.5 µm wide; alar cells enlarged, not inflated, colored, consisting of 3 rows. Asexual propagule absent. Autoicous. Perichaetial leaves erect, lanceolate, plane, 1.8-2.0 mm long, 0.32-0.43 mm wide, apex acuminate, entire; costae absent, laminal cells linear, quadrate near base, smooth, 75-115 µm long, 7-10 µm wide; alar cells poorly differentiated. Setae elongate, sometimes twisted, smooth, 1.0-1.5 cm long; capsules erect to horizontal, ovoid-cylindric, 1-2 mm long, constricted below mouth when dry; exothecial cells collenchymatous; annulus present, operculum long-rostrate; exostome with zig-zag line, cross-striate below, coarsely papillose above, trabeculate at back; endostome with high basal membrane, keeled, perforated, cilia absent. Spores spherical, finely papillose, 15-17 µm across. Calyptrae cuculate, naked, smooth.
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