Plants slender to moderately robust, capitulum flat-topped to somewhate convex, terminal bud rather conspicuous, slightly to distinctly stellate; green to variegated green and brown-red to red-brown, lacking metallic sheen when dry. Stems pale or pale with red-brown portions particularly during late autumn; superficial cortical cells mostly with one ± circular to transversely elliptical pore close to distal cell wall, occasionally superficial cells with 2(-3) pores with most occupying more than half the cell width. Stem leaves broadly lingulate-spathulate to spatulate, widest at base and/or distal third, usually narrower in the mid region, 1-1.3 mm, apex narrowly to broadly truncate and ± fimbriate-lacerate, border narrow distally and expanded proximally to 0.25 width or more; hyaline cells efibrillose, irregularly rhombic to subquadrate, many cells 2-4-septate. Branches unranked. Branch fascicles with 3(4-5) spreading branches and 1-2 pendent branches. Branch leaves ovate-lanceolate, 1.1-1.4 mm, slightly concave, straight, apex involute; hyaline cells on convex surface grading from aporose to few small round pores near apex to numerous semi-elliptic pores along commissures in middle and base of leaf, concave surface with a few large irregular to circular pores (1-4) occupying most of the cell width. Sexual condition autoicous. Spores 20-27 µm, moderately granulate-papillose on both surfaces, distinct raise Y-mark sculpture on distal surface; proximal laesura less than or equal to 0.5 spore radius.
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