Goniobryum subbasilare

Tufts on soil, rocks, logs and tree ferns. Stems 10–45 mm long, yellow-green to dark brown-red, with red-brown rhizoids toward base. Leaves oblong to linear-lanceolate, 2.2–5 mm long, 0.5–1.1 mm wide, flat, erect-spreading when moist, little altered or twisted when dry; costa extending at least ¾ leaf length but ending below apex; apex acuminate; margins serrate with single or paired teeth, with 1 (–2) rows of narrower cells but not forming a distinct border, flat; laminal cells hexagonal to rhomboidal, 30–175 μm long, 14–30 μm wide. Setae 24–50 mm long, pale yellow-brown, smooth. Capsules cylindric, horizontal or pendent, curved, 2.5–3.5 mm long. Operculum conic, 0.5–0.7 mm long.