Climate change: Fungi's importance to New Forest ecosystem
There are warnings the New Forest's ecosystem could collapse due to the impact of climate change on fungi.
BBC South's Young Reporter Katie Porter is a student at the University of Southampton who is writing her dissertation about fungi.
She has been speaking to experts about how the forest relies on fungus to maintain the cycle of nutrients.
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