If you go down to the woods today ... don't come back with mushrooms

Foraging for mushrooms to sell to restaurants and markets is big business. But the toll on woodlands, and the wildlife that inhabits them, is immenseOn a bright November morning in Epping forest, the fading contours of late mushrooms are poking through rotting leaves and hanging from tree stumps.The forest, on the edge of London, boasts more than 1,600 fungi species across 2,428 hectares (6,000 acres). It is always tempting for illegal commercial foragers, and this year is no exception. Continue reading...