Golf-club Moss

Catoscopium is a genus of haplolepidous mosses (Dicranidae) in the monotypic family Catoscopiaceae and order Catoscopiales. It contains only a single species, Catoscopium nigritum.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Golf-club 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

• Meesia uliginosa
• Splachnum sphaericum
• Calcidicranella varia
• Splachnum ampullaceum
• Ruficaulis rufescens

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Bryophyta

Class

Bryopsida

Order

Catoscopiales

Family

Catoscopiaceae

Genus

Catoscopium

Species

Catoscopium nigritum

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