Plants small, loosely caespitose, green to yellow-green; terricolous. Stems 2-4 mm high, infrequently branched below; in section round, central strand present, occasionally large, inner cortical cells large, slightly thickened, outer cells smaller. Leaves twisted to spirally involute dry, widely spreading wet; lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, 2-4(-5) mm long; apex acute, apiculate; base ovate to oblong; margins narrowly involute, entire. Costa short-excurrent, ventral superficial cells quadrate, papillose, frequently patchy, exposing smooth, rectangular cells, dorsal superficial cells long-rectangular, smooth; in section round, guide cells 4, ventral stereid band 1-2 cells thick, ventral surface cells large, papillose, dorsal stereid band 2-3 cells thick, dorsal surface cells undifferentiated, smooth. Upper laminal cells quadrate to rounded, thickened, papillae low, numerous, scattered over lumen, dorsal surface occasionally strongly thickened, obscuring papillae; basal cells rectangular, hyaline, smooth. Autoicous. Perigonia on short lateral branches; perichaetia terminal, leaves similar to vegetative leaves, frequently longer. Seta (4-) 6-8 mm long, yellow; capsule short-cylindrical, 1.5 mm long, reddish yellow, mouth red; peristome short, inserted below mouth, teeth lanceolate, obtuse, frequently cleft or perforated, occasionally rudimentary, 150-200 µm high, reddish, papillose; operculum rostrate, 0.5-0.6 mm long; spores round, 20-22 µm, strongly papillose.
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Leaves short-to long-lanceolate, base weakly differentiated to ovate, shoulders weak or absent, distal laminal margins strongly and usually but not always sharply incurved or inrolled, apex plane to channeled, acute, mucro usually weak, of 1-5(-8) cells; costal adaxial stereid band smaller than the abaxial; distal laminal cells 6-13 µm wide. Sexual condition monoicous. Seta elongate, 0.3-0.8 cm. Capsule stegocarpic, long-ovate to cylindric, operculum differentiated, falling, peristome present, teeth rudimentary to lanceolate, or occasionally absent.
Plants small. Stems 2-4 mm long, with central strand. Leaves twisted to spirally involute when dry, lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, 2-5 mm long; apex acute, apiculate, base ovate to oblong; margins narrowly involute; costa short-excurrent, ventral stereid band small. Upper laminal cells rounded, thickened, papillose; basal cells hyaline, smooth. Autoicous. Capsule with peristome teeth short or rudimentary, lanceolate.
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