Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Pseudoplectania melaena being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Urnula padeniana
- Pseudoplectania nigrella
- Plectania milleri
- Donadinia nigrella
- Urnula campylospora
- Plectania chilensis
Classification
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Ascomycota
- Class
- Pezizomycetes
- Order
- Pezizales
- Family
- Sarcosomataceae
- Genus
- Pseudoplectania
- Species
- Pseudoplectania melaena
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