Plants 1-4 cm. Stems erect. Stem leaves contorted-crisped, some tightly twisted when dry, linear to linear-lanceolate, 1.8-4 mm; base ovate; margins reflexed; apex acute; basal laminal cells elongate, grading to quadrate at margin, ; distal cells 7-13µm, papillae conic, sometimes large. Specialized asexual reproduction absent. Sexual condition autoicous; perichaetial leaves not differentiated from stem leaves. Seta 2-7(-10) mm. Capsule oblong to oblong-conic, 1.2-2.5 mm, 8-ribbed to 1/2-3/4 length, mouth wide, evenly tapering from mouth to seta; stomata in neck; peristome double; exostome teeth reflexed to recurved, densely and finely papillose; endostome segments 8, finely reticulate. Calyptra conic, very hairy. Spores 24-32 µm.
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