Drymoglossum carnosum J. Smith ex Hooker var. obovatum Harrington, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 16: 33. 1877; D. nobukoanum Makino; D. obovatum (Harrington) Christ; D. obovatum var. lutchuense Nakai; Lemmaphyllum microphyllum var. lutchuense (Nakai) C. Christensen; L. microphyllum var. nobukoanum (Makino) Tagawa; L. nobukoanum (Makino) Ching.

Sterile fronds with stipe 2-4 mm; lamina ovate or obovate to narrowly orbicular, base shortly cuneate and decurrent.

The illustration labeled Lepidogrammitis drymoglossoides (= Lemmaphyllum drymoglossoides) in X. Cheng & Y. Jiao (Native Ferns Fern Allies Yunnan China, 273. 2007) is L. microphyllum as indicated by the distinctive coenosori. The two taxa are otherwise rather similar.

● On tree trunks. Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Taiwan, Yunnan.