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Kew Gardens wants world´s largest mushroom collection

The Royal Botanical Gardens in Kew are set to create the biggest bank of fungi specimens the world has ever seen, it announced this week.

Plant biologists at the botanical centre in south west London think its accumulation of fungi, which includes mushrooms, spores, toadstools and moulds - will become the largest on the globe when a further 400,000 specimens are added shortly.

Shortcut to Trentan Tanalised Heavy Duty Buildings and Storage Shed Range This is expected to bring its total to 1.25 million.

Dr Brian Spooner of the Royal Botanical Gardens Kew told the Daily Telegraph: "Fungi are essential to probably everything on the planet. Fungi live in association with plants.

"We now know that at least 90 per cent of all plants worldwide need a fungus for the roots to grow properly."

Kew Gardens are famous for their large glass sheds, which house exotic tropical plants. There are also many workshops located on-site, where the public can learn more about the important work which plant biologists do.

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