Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Metathelypteris gracilescens 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
- Amauropelta glanduligera
- Amauropelta angustifrons
- Gymnosphaera denticulata
- Leptogramma mollissima
- Leptogramma tottoides
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Polypodiopsida
- Order
- Polypodiales
- Family
- Thelypteridaceae
- Genus
- Metathelypteris
- Species
- Metathelypteris gracilescens
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