Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Asterella africana 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
- Cryptomitrium tenerum
- Reboulia hemisphaerica
- Asterella australis
- Wiesnerella denudata
- Marchantia foliacea
- Sandea japonica
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Marchantiophyta
- Class
- Marchantiopsida
- Order
- Marchantiales
- Family
- Aytoniaceae
- Genus
- Asterella
- Species
- Asterella africana
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