Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Dusky Fork-moss 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
- Dicranum scoparium
- Dicranum majus
- Paraleucobryum longifolium
- Dicranum fulvum
- Dicranodontium denudatum
- Brideliella wahlenbergii
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Bryophyta
- Class
- Bryopsida
- Order
- Dicranales
- Family
- Dicranaceae
- Genus
- Dicranum
- Species
- Dicranum fuscescens
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