Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Cape Thread-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
- Dicranella heteromalla
- Dicranoloma diaphanoneuron
- Dicranoweisia cirrata
- Ditrichum difficile
- Blindiadelphus recurvatus
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Bryophyta
- Class
- Bryopsida
- Order
- Bryales
- Family
- Orthodontiaceae
- Genus
- Orthodontium
- Species
- Orthodontium lineare
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