Stems: 4–12 mm. Leaves: infolded, twisted, and slightly contorted when dry, erect-spreading when moist, narrowly or broadly spatulate, 1.8–2.8 × 0.6–0.8 mm; margins revolute in the proximal 1/2, entire; apices obtuse; costa ending a few cells before the apex or percurrent, brown, smooth; basal cells abruptly differentiated, narrower toward the margins; distal cells rounded, polygonal, or quadrate, 12–18 µm, with 4–6 papillae per cell. : Specialized asexual reproduction by gemmae on the adaxial or occasionally the abaxial leaf surface of leaves, ovoid and rounded, 25–45 µm in diameter, green to brown, multicellular. Sexual: condition dioicous. Seta: red, 6 mm. Capsule: red, 3 mm, straight, with a distinct neck; operculum 1.5–2mm, red; peristome 1 mm, basal membrane 1/2–2/3 the total length, red. Spores: 10–15 µm, papillose.
Bark of trees, rarely on rocks. low to high elevations. B.C., Ariz., Calif., Oreg., Wash., Europe. Discussion.