Plants: to 1(–2.5) cm. Stem: leaves loosely erect to flexuose when dry, erect-spreading when moist, 2–4 mm; base not decurrent; margins entire or subentire; apex sharply acuminate-acute; costa wide, ending well before apex; laminal cells pellucid. Sexual: condition autoicous. Seta: 1.2–4 cm. Capsule: 2–3 mm. Spores: 30–40 µm.
Rotting wood, organic soil, rich fens scattered across boreal zone. low to high elevations. Alta., B.C., Man., Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.), N.W.T., Nunavut, Ont., Que., Yukon, Alaska, Colo., Mich., Minn., Mont., Wis., Wyo., Europe, Asia.
Amblyodon dealbatus is distinguished from species of Meesia by its lax, thin-walled laminal cells.