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Fungi
The Wild Mushroom Pickers' Code of Conduct
Advice for landowners and managers
If the land is a National Nature Reserve, other
type of nature reserve or a protected area such as a Site of
Special Scientific Interest, it will probably be appropriate
to limit picking to scientific collecting.
On SSSIs, picking fungi may require consent in
writing from the statutory nature
conservation body
Foray groups are generally to be welcomed and
encouraged, although you may wish to set limits on the number
of visits. You can use the Advice for
foray leaders to ensure good practice on your land.
If you allow commercial collecting
on your land, you may want to issue written permission for any
particular year, allowing you to review the situation annually.
The permission could specify the following topics, seeking advice
from a local expert in fungi if necessary.
1
Area where collecting is allowed
2
Species which may be collected.
3
Quantities which may be collected.
4
Seasons during which collecting can take
place.
5
Collecting methods such as the use of baskets
and boxes rather than sacks or bags.
You may want harvest details to be recorded and
handed to you, to allow you to monitor the annual harvest. You
could make this a condition of renewing any future permissions.
