Leskea leucostega Bridel, Bryol. Univ. 2: 333. 1827; Stereophyllum leucostegum (Bridel) Mitten

Plants pale to yellow-green, brownish with age. Stems 3 cm, 1-3 mm wide across leafy stem; axillary hair basal cell short, apical cells elongate. Stem and branch leaves 1-2 × 0.4-0.8 mm; alar cells quadrate to short-rectangular, sometimes oblate, 14-33 × 11-24 µm; medial cells 47-165 × 7-9µm. Perichaetial leaves with margins entire to serrate, apex acuminate. Seta 0.5-0.8 cm. Capsule 0.8-1.5 mm; operculum 0.2-0.5 mm.

Capsules mature winter. Woods, rotten logs, exposed tree roots; low elevations (0-100 m); Fla.; Mexico; West Indies; Central America; South America; Asia; Africa.

Entodontopsis leucostega is recognized by the glossy, complanate-foliate plants with erect-spreading, narrow, acuminate leaves, elongate laminal cells with tapering ends that are smooth or sometimes prorulose on the abaxial surface, and erect or inclined to cernuous capsules.