Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Flagellate Feather-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
- Nogopterium gracile
- Claopodium crispifolium
- Bryhnia novae-angliae
- Scleropodium touretii
- Scorpiurium circinatum
- Heterocladium macounii
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Bryophyta
- Class
- Bryopsida
- Order
- Hypnales
- Family
- Myuriaceae
- Genus
- Hyocomium
- Species
- Hyocomium armoricum
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