Drymoglossum carnosum Wallich ex J. Smith in Hooker, Gen. Fil. t. 78 A. 1841; Lemmaphyllum chui Saiki.

Plants to 15 cm tall. Rhizome ca. 1 mm in diam., densely scaly; scales ovate with caudate apex, margin entire. Fronds dimorphic. Sterile fronds: stipe 0.5-2(-5) cm, scaly at base; lamina broadly elliptic-lanceolate, ca. 10 × 2.5-3.8 cm, base cuneate and decurrent, apex bluntly acuminate. Fertile fronds: stipe 3-6(-8) cm; lamina narrowly oblong, up to 10(-15) × 0.4-0.5 cm. Sporangia in linear coenosori, eventually covering entire surface except costa and margin.

Lemmaphyllum carnosum is superficially very similar to Pyrrosia piloselloides (Linnaeus) M. G. Price. The two are separated by the stellate hairs of the Pyrrosia, which are sometimes very sparse.

On tree trunks or rocks in forests; 1500-2900 m. Guizhou, Sichuan, Yunnan [India, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam].