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Species Recovery for Plants and Fungi

Plantlife is leading recovery work of threatened species. We share our expertise in habitat management best practices in encouraging wild plants and fungi to grow and thrive.

Our recent work is guidance to support local authorities in Scotland in designing Nature Networks that deliver for plants, fungi, and planet.

person holding a plant with white flowers

Glistening orange coloured mushrooms grow off the side of a log - trees can be seen in the distance in the background

UK Network for Fungal Conservation

This new collaborative network between statutory bodies, research institutes, conservation NGOs and other fungal conservation professionals, is a huge step forward for fungal conservation.

Fungi on a tree

Global Strategy for Fungal Conservation

The missing piece of our global conservation work, fungal conservation.

Species and Nature Champions

Meet the politicians who are working with Plantlife as Species and Nature Champions to see plants and fungi better represented in policy and action.

Photograph shows Plantlife's Senior Ecological Advisor Sam Jones, crouched next to a fallen tree, he is beginning to lift a small piece of moss from the bark as the start of a translocation.

Emergency Pioneering Translocation to Save Rare Moss

We have led what is considered to be the very first translocation of an epiphytic moss in Scotland to help save the species.

A group of people stand behind newly built plant beds for the Twinflower nursery in the Cairngorms, Scotland

Volunteers Building a Plant Nursery to Save the Rare Wildflower Twinflower

This exciting new project will create more possibilities to save Twinflower populations.

Woman planting on a hill

One of the UK’s Rarest Plants Given Vital Lifeline

One of the UK’s rarest plants, Field Wormwood, has been given a lifeline to try and boost the numbers of this endangered plant.

9 scarlet red waxcap mushrooms in among grass.

Waxcaps & Grassland Fungi

A downloadable guide to identification and management of waxcaps and grassland fungi

White Lesser Butterfly Orchids.

Managing Grassland to encourage Lesser Butterfly-orchid

A downloadable guide to identification and management of Lesser Butterfly-orchid in grassland areas (Languages:Welsh and English)

Pine woodland with mature trees and new trees.

Managing Scotland Pinewoods for Wildflowers

A downloadable guide how to manage pinewood habitat to encourage wildflowers.