Plants medium to large, yellow-green to light green, occasionally reddish, brownish below; terricolous or saxicolous. Stems 40-110(-220) mm high; internal cylinder brownish, hyalodermis efibrillose, pores weakly defined, ±1 per cell; in section inner cells large, thin-walled, becoming smaller, incrassate toward margin of internal cylinder, hyalodermis 2-3 cells thick. Fascicles of 3-4 dimorphic branches: 2-3 spreading, 1 pendent; internal cylinder brownish, hyalodermis efibrillose, pores ±1 per cell. Stem leaves broad, oval to oblong, rarely obovate, 1.0-1.7 mm long; apex rounded to acute; margins plane to erect above, border of 1-2 rows of narrow cells extending to near apex; leucocysts regularly fibrillose, pores numerous along commissures, occasionally with free pores; in section chlorocysts oval, enclosed, leucocysts weakly bulging on both surfaces. Branch leaves ovate, 0.8-1.2 mm long; apex acute; margins incurved above, border of 1-2 rows of narrow cells extending to apex; leucocysts regularly fibrillose, pores numerous on commissures, occasionally pores few, frequently with free pores; in section chlorocysts oval, enclosed, leucocysts weakly bulging on both surfaces. Sporophytes not seen.