2. Bryoerythrophyllum brachystegium (Besch.) Saito 钝头红叶藓 dun-tou hong-ye xian
J. Jap. Bot. 47: 14. 1972. Didymodon brachystegius (Besch.) Broth., Nat. Pflanzenfam. 1(3): 406. 1902. Gymnostomum brachystegium Besch., J. Bot. (Morot) 12: 281. 1898. Type. Japan.
Bryoerythrophyllum obtusissimum (Broth.) P.-C. Chen, Hedwigia 80: 252. 1941. Didymodon obtusissimus Broth., Öfvers. Forh. Finska Vetensk.-Soc. 62A(9): 9. 1921.
Plants medium-sized, ca. 1.5 cm high, yellowish green above, reddish brown below, in dense tufts. Stems erect, radiculose below. Leaves appressed or contorted when dry, spreading when moist, ovate-lanceolate, reflexed above the mid-leaf, sheathing at the base, rather abruptly narrowed from an ovate base, blunt at the apex; margins entire, recurved below the mid-leaf; costa strong, ending a few cells below the apex; upper leaf cells rounded hexagonal, somewhat thick-walled, with multi-C-shaped papillae; basal cells rectangular, smooth, hyaline. Sporophytes not seen.