Plants medium sized, golden green. Stems creeping, freely branched, central strand absent. Pseudoparaphyllia absent. Stem and branch leaves similar, complanate, strongly lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, plane, 1.2-2.0 mm long, 0.20-0.35 mm wide; margins entire; apex acuminate; costae absent; laminal cells linear, smooth, 53-100 µm long, 5.0-7.5 µm wide, porose; alar cells enlarged, sometimes inflated, colored, consisting of 1 row. Asexual propagule absent. Autoicous. Perichaetial leaves erect, linear-lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, plane, 1.5-1.8 mm long, 0.3-0.5 mm wide, apex acuminate to aristate, serrulate; costae absent, laminal cells linear to quadrate, smooth, 32-55 µm long, 7-9 µm wide, porose; alar cells differentiated, in 1 row, often colored. Setae elongate, smooth, ca 0.5 cm long; capsules inclined, ovate-oblong, ca. 0.5 mm long, constricted below mouth when dry; exothecial cells collenchymatous; annulus present, operculum long-rostrate; exostome furrowed, cross-striate below, coarsely papillose above, trabeculate at back; endostome with high basal membrane, keeled, perforated, cilia absent. Spores spherical, finely papillose, 13-20 µm across. Calyptrae not seen.
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