UK’s warmer, wetter weather sparks bumper year for mushrooms

Kew Gardens and RHS reporting glut of fungi as public sends in weird and wonderful' samples

The UK is having a bumper year for mushrooms due to the warm, damp weather, says scientists, with an increase in the number of rare and unusual species identified.

Members of the public have been sending in unusual samples from their gardens to experts at Kew Gardens and the Royal Horticultural Society after a glut of fungi this year, and scientists say such booms will become more common as Britain's climate changes to become warmer and wetter.