Brotherella recurvans

- secund (turned to one side) leaf tips
- stem & branch leaves similar

- very shiny, green, yellow, or golden plants
- plant typically has flattened appearance
- inflated alar (basal) cells:
- about 4-8 cells at the basal angles conspicuously inflated and yellowish in a single transverse row, with 1-2 or more rows of moderately inflated, usually hyaline (colorless & transparent) cells above them