Oeosporangium pteridioides (with many synonyms, including Hemionitis pteridioides) is a species of fern in the family Pteridaceae. Its native distribution is Macaronesia, around the Mediterranean in Europe, North Africa and Western Asia, and into the Sahara.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Oeosporangium pteridioides 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
- Oeosporangium tinaei
- Oeosporangium guanchicum
- Oeosporangium acrosticum
- Cheilanthes hypoleuca
- Cheilanthes nudiuscula
- Cheilanthes sieberi
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Polypodiopsida
- Order
- Polypodiales
- Family
- Pteridaceae
- Genus
- Oeosporangium
- Species
- Oeosporangium pteridioides
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