Plants small, loosely caespitose, yellow-green; terricolous. Stems 2-5 mm tall, branching below; in section round, central strand present, cortical cells variable in size, incrassate. Leaves contorted to incurved dry, widely spreading wet; linear-lanceolate, 3-4 mm long; apex acute, apiculate; base oblong; margins narrowly incurved to involute, entire. Costa short-excurrent, ventral superficial cells quadrate, papillose, occasionally patchy, exposing smooth, rectangular cells, dorsal superficial cells long-rectangular, smooth; in section subround, guide cells 2-4, ventral stereid band weak, of 1-2 cells only, ventral surface cells similar to laminal cells, papillose or stereids exposed, smooth, dorsal stereid band 2-3 cells thick, dorsal surface cells undifferentiated. Upper laminal cells quadrate, thickened, papillae low, numerous, scattered over lumen; basal cells rectangular, hyaline, smooth, thin-walled. ?Dioicous. Perigonia not seen; perichaetia terminal, leaves similar to vegetative leaves, but slightly longer. Seta 4-5 mm long, yellow; capsule short-cylindrical, 1 mm long, yellowish; peristome absent; operculum rostrate, 0.5-0.6 mm long; spores round, 17-20 µm, strongly papillose.
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