Stems with cortical cells lax, hyaline, walls thin, central strand present. Leaves keeled distally, 2-3.5 mm; basal laminal cell walls thinner, especially toward costa; distal cells 9-22 × 7-8 µm, striate in longitudinal rows. Seta 0.7-1.8 cm. Capsule with operculum small; exostome teeth with intermediate thickenings on internal dorsal plates not paired with cross walls on external dorsal plates; endostome basal membrane well developed. Spores 20-26 µm. Seen to yellow-green above, reddish brown below; saxicolous. Stems erect, 20-30 mm tall, irregularly branched above, lower stems covered with reddish tomentum, radicles papillose with numerous large, high papillae; in section distinctly three-sided, subtriangular, central strand very small, inner cortical cells in 6-8 rows, large, thin-walled, reddish, outer cortical cells in 2 rows, stereids, reddish yellow, epidermal cells differentiated, thin-walled, fragile, quickly eroded. Leaves erect and weakly flexuose dry, erect-spreading wet; narrowly lanceolate, 2-4 mm long; apex acuminate; margins recurved from base to upper leaf, entire below, sharply serrate above, frequently doubly serrate. Costa percurrent, superficial cells long- rectangular, papillose; in section bulging dorsally, subround, guide cells 2-4, large, thickened, ventral cells in single layer, smaller than guide cells, thickened, dorsal substereid band 4 cells thick, dorsal surface cells not differentiated. Upper laminal cells rectangular, 4-6:1, thickened, minutely verruculose-striolate, as numerous low, short ridges, occasionally a few cells also prorate distally; basal cells slightly longer rectangular, minutely verruculose-striolate; alar cells not differentiated. Perichaetia terminal, leaves similar to vegetative leaves; basal leaf cells long-rectangular to linear, smooth, yellowish. Seta 8-12 mm long, reddish yellow; capsule weakly inclined, urn globose, 2.0-2.5 mm long, weakly striate dry, reddish yellow, mouth frequently oblique; exothecial cells large, hexagonal to rectangular or quadrate, thin-walled; stomata present at base of urn, phaneropore to subphaneropore; peristome double, exostome teeth 16, narrowly triangular, 0.3 mm high, papillose, with median zig-zag line, trabeculae strong, endostome segments 16, fragile above, finely papillose; operculum plano-convex; calyptra cucullate; spores subround to ovoid, 15-27 µm, warty, yellow-brown. Natal and northern and eastern Lesotho. Also known from Europe, Asia, North America and Oceania. Stems with cortical cells lax, hyaline, walls thin, central strand present. Leaves keeled distally, 2-3.5 mm; basal laminal cell walls thinner, especially toward costa; distal cells 9-22 × 7-8 µm, striate in longitudinal rows. Seta 0.7-1.8 cm. Capsule with operculum small; exostome teeth with intermediate thickenings on internal dorsal plates not paired with cross walls on external dorsal plates; endostome basal membrane well developed. Spores 20-26 µm. Seen to yellow-green above, reddish brown below; saxicolous. Stems erect, 20-30 mm tall, irregularly branched above, lower stems covered with reddish tomentum, radicles papillose with numerous large, high papillae; in section distinctly three-sided, subtriangular, central strand very small, inner cortical cells in 6-8 rows, large, thin-walled, reddish, outer cortical cells in 2 rows, stereids, reddish yellow, epidermal cells differentiated, thin-walled, fragile, quickly eroded. Leaves erect and weakly flexuose dry, erect-spreading wet; narrowly lanceolate, 2-4 mm long; apex acuminate; margins recurved from base to upper leaf, entire below, sharply serrate above, frequently doubly serrate. Costa percurrent, superficial cells long- rectangular, papillose; in section bulging dorsally, subround, guide cells 2-4, large, thickened, ventral cells in single layer, smaller than guide cells, thickened, dorsal substereid band 4 cells thick, dorsal surface cells not differentiated. Upper laminal cells rectangular, 4-6:1, thickened, minutely verruculose-striolate, as numerous low, short ridges, occasionally a few cells also prorate distally; basal cells slightly longer rectangular, minutely verruculose-striolate; alar cells not differentiated. Perichaetia terminal, leaves similar to vegetative leaves; basal leaf cells long-rectangular to linear, smooth, yellowish. Seta 8-12 mm long, reddish yellow; capsule weakly inclined, urn globose, 2.0-2.5 mm long, weakly striate dry, reddish yellow, mouth frequently oblique; exothecial cells large, hexagonal to rectangular or quadrate, thin-walled; stomata present at base of urn, phaneropore to subphaneropore; peristome double, exostome teeth 16, narrowly triangular, 0.3 mm high, papillose, with median zig-zag line, trabeculae strong, endostome segments 16, fragile above, finely papillose; operculum plano-convex; calyptra cucullate; spores subround to ovoid, 15-27 µm, warty, yellow-brown. On rock in the subalpine grasslands. Natal and northern and eastern Lesotho. Also known from Europe, Asia, North America and Oceania. General Information
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