Encalypta vulgaris

Asexual propagules absent. Tufts on soil or rocks. Stems 5–10 (–20) mm long, with sparse axillary hairs, orange-brown, central strand small. Leaves oblong to narrowly obovate, 2.2–3.5 (–4) mm long, 0.9–1.2 mm wide, broadly V-shaped, inrolled when dry; costa subpercurrent; apex broad, rounded; margins entire, plane or weakly recurved, with 4–6 rows of more elongate cells forming a weak border near base; laminal cells in apical half  rounded-quadrate or short oblong, 11–18 (–21) μm long, (9–) 13–18 (–21) μm wide, with 3–7 papillae; laminal cells near base away from margin oblong to rectangular, 22–80 μm long, 9–18 μm wide, with thickened and pale orange transverse walls and hyaline longitudinal walls. Setae 2–11 mm long, red near base, orange to yellow near capsule, smooth. Calyptra 3–6 mm long, smooth to papillose. Capsules cylindric, 1–4 mm long. Calyptra conic-cylindric. Operculum 0.9–1 (–1.3) mm long. Peristome absent.