[Greek kampylos, bent, and stele, pillar, alluding to curved seta]

Plants small, gregarious or cespitose, yellowish green. Stems erect. Leaves loosely crispate to circinate when dry, linear from a slightly broader base; medial cells smooth; margins entire, thickened distally. Specialized asexual reproduction absent. Seta curved when wet, flexuous when dry. Capsule ovoid-cylindric, smooth to indistinctly wrinkled or ribbed when dry; peristome teeth slender, single or variously perforate or divided, densely papillose or spiculose, often nodose. Calyptra mitrate, smooth, not plicate, lobed proximally. Spores smooth.

Species 2 (1 in the flora): North America, Europe, Asia, Africa.

Lower Taxon

• Campylostelium saxicola (F. Weber & D. Mohr) Bruch & Schimper