Plants to 2.5 cm. Stems erect. Stem leaves crisped-contorted, not twisted when dry, narrowly lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, 1.7-3 mm; base ovate; margins plane to reflexed; apex acute; basal laminal cells linear-elongate grading to quadrate at margin, ; distal cells 7-10 µm, papillae conic, large. Specialized asexual reproduction absent. Sexual condition autoicous; perichaetial leaves not differentiated from stem leaves. Seta 1-3 mm. Capsule short-oblong to oblong, 0.8-2 mm, strongly 8-ribbed 3/4 to entire length, mouth wide, constricted below mouth; stomata in neck and proximal 1/3 of capsule; peristome double; exostome teeth reflexed, densely papillose proximally, slightly papillose-reticulate distally; endostome segments 8, smooth. Calyptra conic, very hairy. Spores 23-29 µm.
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