Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Hypnum chrysogaster 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 curvifolium
- Hypnum jutlandicum
- Stereodon subimponens
- Rhaphidorrhynchium amoenum
- Hypnum plumaeforme
- Brotherella canadensis
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Bryophyta
- Class
- Bryopsida
- Order
- Hypnales
- Family
- Hypnaceae
- Genus
- Hypnum
- Species
- Hypnum chrysogaster
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