Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Plectostylus chilensis 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
- Chiliborus chilensis
- Naesiotus quitensis
- Bothriembryon brazieri
- Plectostylus peruvianus
- Plectostylus araucanus
- Pygmipanda kershawi
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Stylommatophora
- Family
- Bothriembryontidae
- Genus
- Plectostylus
- Species
- Plectostylus chilensis
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