Dale H. Vitt

Plants acrocarpous. Stems erect. Leaves erect, lanceolate, leaf cells smooth. Seta terminal, slender-elongate, dark red. Capsules small, glossy, black, inclined to horizontal, smooth, ovoid, strongly asymmetric and curved, with mouth pointed downward; stomates none; peristome diplolepidous; endostome segments reduced to a low membrane; exostome teeth 16, short, irregular, fragile.

Genus 1; North Temperate areas.

Lower Taxon

• Catoscopium Bridel