Distichophyllum rotundifolium

Dioicous. Asexual propagules absent. Dense mats on soil, rocks and logs, yellow- or bright green. Stems 8–12 (–20) mm long, moderately and irregularly branched, red-brown, with scattered red-brown rhizoids toward base. Leaves complanate, strongly crisped to twisted when dry, ovate-orbicular, 0.7–1.2 mm long, 0.45–0.6 mm wide, plane; apices acute, with a short apiculus; costa extending for (50–) 65–75% of leaf length; margins distantly denticulate in apical half, rarely entire, plane, with 2–3 rows of narrower cells forming a distinct border; laminal cells in apical half away from margin hexagonal to irregularly hexagonal, 12–28 μm long, 5–20 μm wide, smooth, gradually transitioning into basal laminal cells; basal laminal cells away from margin oblong, 20–63 μm long, 7–30 μm wide, smooth; marginal cells linear, 95–185 μm long, 5–7.5 μm wide, smooth. Setae 5.8–12.5 mm long, red-brown, smooth, slightly twisted anticlockwise. Capsule inclined to pendent, oblong-cylindric, 0.8–1 mm long. Calyptra smooth or with erect hairs. Operculum rostrate from conic base, c. 0.5 mm long.