: Specialized asexual structures are often present. Seta: 7–17 mm, erect, geniculate, cells smooth and spiraled below the bend, cells straight and papillose by projecting cell ends above the bend, twisted when dry. Spores: 13–16 µm. Phenology: Capsules mature spring–early summer, rare.
Well decayed wood, stumps, logs, rarely on rock, sea level to subalpine. Alta., B.C., N.B., Nfld. and Labr., N.S., P.E.I., Que., Yukon, Alaska, Idaho, Maine, N.H., N.Y., Oreg., Wash., e Asia (Russian Far East). Discussion.