Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Curly California Octopus 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
- Amphidium mougeotii
- Gymnostomum aeruginosum
- Tortella tortuosa
- Trichostomum crispulum
- Grimmia torquata
- Hymenostylium recurvirostrum
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Bryophyta
- Class
- Bryopsida
- Order
- Dicranales
- Family
- Amphidiaceae
- Genus
- Amphidium
- Species
- Amphidium californicum
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