An ancient oak tree with heart rot Richard Wright
I am in a forest 35 kilometres west of London, meeting someone who is trying to make young trees old. 鈥淥ld trees form hugely important habitats,鈥 says , a mycologist at Cardiff University, UK. 鈥淏ut in Europe in general, including in Britain, we don鈥檛 have all that many now.鈥 She is one of a handful of scientists around the world trying to do something about it.
Boddy takes me over to look at聽a聽gnarly oak, which is roughly 300聽years old. 鈥淵ou can see all these lower branches…
