Shaped like small lemons, sporocarps are attached in tightly arranged spirals along the main axis of the submersed leaves. Like S. molesta, S. minima is probably reproductively sterile.
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Adult leaves broaden and elongate before folding upright along the midrib. Both S. molesta and S. minima fold upright in crowded conditions.
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