Gran said this had once been fields and meadows surrounding her family's house.

NPR: Excerpt: 'The Garden Angel'

Much more serious threats to many species of fungi are pollution, intensive agriculture and the disappearance of many of the fields, forests, meadows and verges where they used to flourish.

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The farm backs onto the river Severn and lies in its meadows, so the fields receive a good watering every winter.

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