Calls are being made for more prosecutions of illegal commercial foragers in Ashdown Forest to deter the destruction and theft of rare fungi. The Conservators of Ashdown Forest made the appeal ...

The humongous fungus isn't just a single mushroom you'd pick up in a forest; it's an enormous underground network of mycelium, the vegetative part of a fungus that looks like a web of tiny threads.

Ancient trees also rely on fungus to protect their roots, it added. The corporation, which owns and manages the forest, is warning the fungus pickers that they could be fined or prosecuted for ...