Callicladium imponens, also known as brocade moss, is a species of moss native to North America. It is usually golden to yellow-green coloured, sometimes brownish. Its stems are medium to large sized usually reaching 3–10 cm. Unlike some other moss species, C. imponens lacks a hyalodermis but possesses a weak central strand.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Brocade 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
- Hypnum plumaeforme
- Hypnum dieckii
- Hypnum curvifolium
- Stereodon subimponens
- Hypnum jutlandicum
- Ctenidium molluscum
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Bryophyta
- Class
- Bryopsida
- Order
- Hypnales
- Family
- Hypnaceae
- Genus
- Callicladium
- Species
- Callicladium imponens
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