Plants to 1.5 cm, light-green to olive-green, usually with very little tomentum. Stem leaves oblong-lanceolate to lanceolate, 1--2 mm, short-apiculate; margins entire; brood bodies with longitudinal septae, septae ± straight, of 5--10 cells. Sporophytes not found in North America.

Trunks of trees, large, conglomerate boulders; low elevations; N.S., Que.; Europe.

This variety is distinguished by its entire leaves and gemmae with longitudinal septae.