Seta 0.5--2.7 cm. Capsule inclined, rarely erect, arcuate (sometimes straight), (0.5--)1--2(--2.5) mm. Spores 9--16 µm.

Capsule maturation date unknown. Sandy or sometimes clay soil in open, disturbed sites, on roadside banks, trails, fields, etc.; 30--1922 m; Alta., B.C., N.B., Nfld., Ont., Que., Yukon; Alaska, Calif., Idaho, Mich., Mont., Oreg., Wash.; Europe, Asia.