Plants 0.6-5.5 cm. Stems erect. Stem leaves contorted-crisped when dry, oblong, lanceolate, or linear-lanceolate, 2-3.5 mm; base ovate; margins revolute proximally, narrowly recurved distally; apex acute; basal laminal cells linear-elongate; distal cells 7-10 µm, papillae conic, large. Specialized asexual reproduction by gemmae at leaf apices. Sexual condition dioicous; perichaetial leaves somewhat longer than stem leaves. Seta 4-5 mm. Capsule oblong-cylindric, 2-2.5 mm, 8-ribbed to 1/2 length, mouth small, not smaller than mid capsule; stomata unknown; mature peristome unknown; exostome teeth erect, reflexed with age, papillose; endostome unknown. Calyptra conic, moderately hairy. Spores unknown.
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