Lophocolea semiteres, sometimes known as the southern crestwort, is a species of liverwort native to Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, South America, and a number of sub-Antarctic Islands.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Southern 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
- Chiloscyphus pallescens
- Lophocolea heterophylla
- Chiloscyphus polyanthos
- Lophocolea muricata
- Heteroscyphus fissistipus
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Marchantiophyta
- Class
- Jungermanniopsida
- Order
- Jungermanniales
- Family
- Lophocoleaceae
- Genus
- Lophocolea
- Species
- Lophocolea semiteres
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