Mittenia is a genus of haplolepideous mosses (Dicranidae) with a single species, Mittenia plumula, which is the sole representative of the family Mitteniaceae.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Southern Goblin's Gold 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
- Calomnion complanatum
- Schistostega pennata
- Fissidens osmundioides
- Fissidens asplenioides
- Rhizogonium distichum
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Bryophyta
- Class
- Bryopsida
- Order
- Rhizogoniales
- Family
- Mitteniaceae
- Genus
- Mittenia
- Species
- Mittenia plumula
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