Plants 2-4 cm, light green or yellow-green. Leaves ovate, concave, 2-5 mm; margins entire or nearly so; apex acuminate; costa ending in subula; distal laminal cells hexagonal, 30 µm. Sexual condition autoicous. Seta clear pale yellow to stramineous, 2-3.5 cm. Capsule cleistocarpous, clear pale yellow to stramineous, spindle-or club-shaped; hypophysis conspicuously narrower than urn; stomata confined to distal hypophysis; operculum not developed. Calyptra cucullate or conic-mitrate. Spores 9 µm, smooth.