Encalypta streptocarpa, the spiral extinguisher-moss, is a species of moss.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Spiral Extinguisher-moss 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
- Encalypta procera
- Syntrichia latifolia
- Crumia latifolia
- Calymperastrum latifolium
- Leptodontium flexifolium
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Bryophyta
- Class
- Bryopsida
- Order
- Encalyptales
- Family
- Encalyptaceae
- Genus
- Encalypta
- Species
- Encalypta streptocarpa
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