Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Black 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
- Coscinodon cribrosus
- Grimmia pilifera
- Grimmia trichophylla
- Grimmia dissimulata
- Grimmia lisae
- Vinealobryum brachyphyllum
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Bryophyta
- Class
- Bryopsida
- Order
- Grimmiales
- Family
- Grimmiaceae
- Genus
- Grimmia
- Species
- Grimmia montana
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