Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Rhynchostegium aquaticum 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
- Rhynchostegium riparioides
- Hygrohypnella ochracea
- Platylomella lescurii
- Hygrohypnum luridum
- Scleropodium obtusifolium
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Bryophyta
- Class
- Bryopsida
- Order
- Hypnales
- Family
- Brachytheciaceae
- Genus
- Rhynchostegium
- Species
- Rhynchostegium aquaticum
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