Lophocolea heterophylla, the variable-leaved crestwort, is a liverwort species belonging to the order Jungermanniales, which is the largest liverwort order.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Various-leaved Crestwort 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
- Lophocolea bidentata
- Chiloscyphus lentus
- Chiloscyphus pallescens
- Geocalyx graveolens
- Lophocolea semiteres
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Marchantiophyta
- Class
- Jungermanniopsida
- Order
- Jungermanniales
- Family
- Lophocoleaceae
- Genus
- Lophocolea
- Species
- Lophocolea heterophylla
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