NSW.BiodiversityMould shuts popular Glass House Mountains National Park to climbing
"The mould spreads by any activity that moved soil, water, or plant material...These include bushwalking, mountain biking, four-wheel-driving, road construction, timber harvesting, mining, and feral pig incursions...To be honest, people are going to the toilet up on top of the mountains."
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Phytophthora microscopic mould shuts popular Glass House Mountains trail as a national biosecurity risk
Invasive species experts have labelled the water mould Phytophthora the worst plant disease in Australia and it has now forced the closure of a popular mountain trail in the south-east Queensland hinterland.