Flora of North America species comparison

leaves 0.6–1 mm;

alar cells small, subquadrate;

distal laminal cells curved.

freely and irregularly branched;

paraphyllia absent or few.

erect, somewhat falcate to homomallous, imbricate, oblong-elliptic;

margins narrowly reflexed proximally, erect and serrulate distally;

apex obtuse to acute;

costa double, short, narrow;

alar cells weakly differentiated;

laminal cells oblong-rhombic, prorulose abaxially, walls generally thick.

0.5–1.5 cm.

1–2.5 mm, smooth;

peristome diplolepidous;

exostome teeth 16, lanceolate, short;

endostome segments 16, linear, stout.

erect, cylindric, symmetric.

11–13 µm.