Hennediella stanfordensis

Dioicous. Loose cushions or turfs. Plants to 3 mm tall. Rhizoids smooth, brown, abundant at stem base. Leaves spreading when moist, incurved when dry, ovate to lingulate, occasionally spathulate, 0.57–1.2 mm long, 0.25–0.5 mm wide, upper leaves usually smaller; apex obtuse and apiculate; costa excurrent, forming a small mucro; margin denticulate near apex, plane, bordered almost to apex by 2–4 rows of elongate bistratose thick-walled cells to 70 μm long and 5 μm wide, with scattered papillae. Laminal cells in apical half ±quadrate, isodiametric, 11–16 μm wide, pluripapillose; basal cells quadrate to rectangular, 22–38 μm long, 16–22 μm wide, hyaline, forming a clearly demarcated zone extending c. 1/4–1/2 leaf length from margin to costa or with chlorophyllose cells toward basal margin. Sporophytes unknown in Australia. Seta and capsule 2–3 mm long.