Dicranoloma menziesii is a dioicous epiphytic species of moss in the family Dicranaceae. The genus Dicranoloma contains 40 species, with many shared characteristics such as long stems, leaves with a fluffy, "feather-like" appearance and cylindrical capsules produced from a perichaetium. It is native to Australia where it can be found in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania and Lord Howe Island. It also occurs in New Zealand and on the Juan Fernandez Islands off the coast of Chile.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Dicranoloma menziesii 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
- Dicranodontium denudatum
- Dicranoloma robustum
- Flexitrichum gracile
- Dicranoloma dicarpum
- Paraleucobryum longifolium
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Bryophyta
- Class
- Bryopsida
- Order
- Dicranales
- Family
- Dicranaceae
- Genus
- Dicranoloma
- Species
- Dicranoloma menziesii
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