Plants small, gregarious or in small groups, yellowish green; terricolous. Stems 1-2 mm high; in section round, central strand absent, cortical cells lax. Leaves weakly crisped dry, erect wet; oblong to lingulate, 0.8-1.8 mm long, weakly concave; apex acute; margins plane to erect, entire. Costa percurrent to subpercurrent; ventral superficial cells quadrate, smooth or papillose, dorsal superficial cells rectangular, smooth or papillose; in section round, guide cells small, generally undifferentiated, central cells small, incrassate, ventral and dorsal surface cells larger, thin-walled. Laminal cells turgid, subquadrate to short-rectangular, thin-walled, almost smooth or with 4-8 fine, C-shaped papillae over lumen; marginal cells narrowly rectangular or quadrate; basal cells larger, rectangular, yellowish. Autoicous. Antheridia in lower leaf axils; perichaetia terminal, leaves undifferentiated. Seta erect, 2-3 mm long, yellowish; capsule cleistocarpic, exserted, reddish yellow, ovate to cylindrical, 1.0-1.8 mm high, long-rostrate, 0.3 mm long, weakly oblique; exothecial cells narrowly rectangular or some cells quadrate or triangular, urn dividing at middle when mature along weakly defined dehiscence line; stomata at base of urn, phaneropore; calyptra large, cucullate, long-rostrate, to 1.3 mm long, covering upper 1/2 of capsule, becoming oblique with age; spores subround to angular, 32-37 µm, verruculate.
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