Plants 0.5-3 cm, in loose tufts, clear green. Stems infrequently branched. Leaves loosely arranged, somewhat contorted when dry, obovate to oblong-obovate, 2-5 × 1-1.5 mm; margins usually recurved proximally, plane distally, often reflexed at apex, entire proximally, toothed distally; apex acuminate, acute, or sometimes obtuse; costa ending before apex. Specialized asexual reproduction by brood bodies sometimes produced on radicles. Sexual condition autoicous or sometimes apparently dioicous. Seta yellow to dark red or brown, 1-3 cm, flexuose, ± stout. Capsule cylindric or oblong-cylindric, 2.5-5 mm including hypophysis; hypophysis somewhat darker than urn, 1-2 times urn length; columella somewhat exserted; operculum deciduous, hemispheric, apex sometimes bluntly apiculate or short-rostrate; peristome inserted below mouth; exostome teeth 16, not split, reflexed when dry, dark red or red-brown, lanceolate. Spores 9-12 µm, smooth.
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