Plants small to large or robust, forming mats, glossy green to yellowish-green or golden-brown. Stems spreading to ascending and often secund, mostly irregularly pinnately branched. Leaves broadly to narrowly ovate, lanceolate, ovate- or oblong-lanceolate, erect or falcate, apex acute to broadly or narrowly acuminate, often abruptly so; margins plane to recurved, entire or serrulate to serrate distally; ecostate (or short and weakly forked); median cells rhomboidal, fusiform or linear, smooth, thin- to thick-walled, walls entire or porose; alar region well differentiated, cells inflated, oval to oblong-oval, in few to several rows, usually 1-2(3) cells high, often golden-brown, supra-alar cells absent or present; insertion cells usually golden-brown, often porose. Autoicous or dioicous. Perigonia lateral; bud-like. Perichaetia lateral; leaves usually differentiated. Setae elongate, smooth. Capsules erect to more often suberect or inclined, urn ovoid to ovoid-short cylindrical; exothecial cells mostly collenchymatous; stomata at urn base, superficial; opercula conic-long rostrate, oblique; peristome double, exostome teeth 16, striate below, occasionally appearing furrowed, distally papillose; endostome basal membrane high, segments 16, hyaline, keeled, lightly papillose, cilia 1-2. Calyptrae cucullate, smooth and naked. Spores spherical, smooth to lightly papillose.
Plantas pequeñas a grandes o robustas, formando matas, verdes brillantes a verde-amarillentas o marrón-doradas. Tallos patentes a ascendentes y a menudo unilaterales, por lo general con ramificaciones irregularmente pinnadas. Hojas ancha a angostamente ovadas, lanceoladas, ovado- u oblongo-lanceoladas, erectas o falcadas, ápices agudos a anchamente o angostamente acuminados, a menudo abruptamente; márgenes planos a recurvados, enteros o serrulados a distalmente serrados; ecostadas (o costa corta y débilmente bifurcada); células mediales rómbicas, fusiformes o lineales, lisas, con paredes gruesas a delgadas, paredes enteras o porosas; región alar bien diferenciada, células infladas, ovales a oblongo-ovales, en pocas a varias filas, generalmente 1-2(3) células de alto, a menudo marrón-doradas, células supra-alares ausentes o presentes; células de la inserción generalmente marrón-doradas, a menudo porosas. Autoicas o dioicas. Perigonios laterales; en forma de brotes. Periquecios laterales; hojas generalmente diferenciadas. Setas alargadas, lisas. Cápsulas erectas a más a menudo suberectas o inclinadas, urna ovoide a corto-ovoide cilíndrica; células exoteciales generalmente colenquimatosas; estomas en la base de la urna, superficiales; opérculo largo-cónico rostrado, oblicuo; peristoma doble, exostoma con 16 dientes, estriados abajo, ocasionalmente con apariencia acanalada, distalmente papilosos; membrana basal endostoma alta, 16 segmentos, hialinos, carinados, ligeramente papilosos, cilios 1-2. Caliptra cuculada, lisa y desnuda. Esporas esféricas, lisas a ligeramente papilosas.