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Rare mushroom find in Alderney sparks push to record wildlife

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Rare mushroom find in Alderney sparks push to record wildlife - Feddit UK

An Alderney ecologist is emphasising the importance of recording wildlife following her discovery of a rare mushroom. Niamh McDevitt, from the Alderney Wildlife Trust (AWT), found one of the rarest fungi in the British Isles for the first time on the Channel Island in November. Ms McDevitt said finding the date waxcap had been “very exciting”.

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