Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Ptychostomum torquescens 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
- Ptychostomum imbricatulum
- Ptychostomum capillare
- Rosulabryum canariense
- Pohlia nutans
- Rosulabryum subtomentosum
- Leptostomum macrocarpum
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Bryophyta
- Class
- Bryopsida
- Order
- Bryales
- Family
- Bryaceae
- Genus
- Ptychostomum
- Species
- Ptychostomum torquescens
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