Tayloria

Autoicous (not in Victoria), dioicous or rarely synoicous (not in Victoria). Asexual reproduction occasionally by filamentous gemmae on protonema or rhizoids (not observed in Victoria). Tufts usually on animal remains or faeces, also on soil, rocks or tree trunks. Stems simple or sparingly branched, sparsely to densely covered in rhizoids. Leaves spirally arranged, monomorphic, crisped when dry; costa ending in upper half to long-excurrent as a hairpoint; margins entire to serrate, without a border; cells rectangular or oblong-hexagonal. Seta smooth. Calyptra mitrate. Capsule emergent, vertical or nearly so; hypophysis well differentiated. Operculum conic or flat. Peristome single, of 8 or 16 (not in Victoria) entire exostome teeth.