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Mushroom fans create ‘first-of-its-kind’ app to help mushroom pickers

Aleksandra Król (R) and Sandra Chrustowska (L) from Maria Curie-Skłodowska University created the first-of-its-kind app to provide knowledge about various species of fungi, their location and relevant information related to them. Aleksandra Król and Sandra Chrustowska

Using Web-GIS technology, the app created by Aleksandra Król (R) and Sandra Chrustowska (L), presents information and data on specific species, family characteristics, Latin names and their forest locations.

Poland leader in global export of button mushrooms

Nearly one out of every three button mushrooms exported globally comes from Poland, a study carried out by the Polish Economic Institute (PIE), a government think-tank, has found.

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Villager finds stash of 17th-century coins after falling off his bike while looking for mushrooms

The coins date from between 1657 and 1667, pointing to their minting shortly after the Deluge, a series of wars with Sweden throughout the 17th century which wreaked havoc and destruction throughout the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.

Pick-up artist: the man who knows all about the art of picking mushrooms

TFN talks with Marek Snowarski, the creator of a leading website on picking mushrooms, and finds out just what draws him to the forests.

Mushrooms with cancer-killing properties roped into war against deadly illness

Researchers found that drugs derived from a mushroom killed cancer cells but left healthy cells intact.

Poland prefers domestic food products

Close to one-third of Poles prefer domestic food over imported products, a report compiled under the Polish Opinion Monitor project revealed on Sunday.

These mushrooms really are MAGIC as they are transformed into tasteful furniture

According to mushroom man Michał Głogowski, it takes around 40 mushrooms to make one chair. The results are bizarrely aesthetic and 100 per cent biodegradable.

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Hero Polish porter who fought off London Bridge terrorist collects bravery award from Princess Anne

In a ceremony at Windsor Castle, Princess Anne presented Łukasz Koczocik with the Queen's Medal for Gallantry, which recognises exemplary acts of courage.

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Warsaw’s secret war against Moscow’s spies: Poland’s intelligence services have gone into overdrive to combat Putin’s covert assault

The arrest last week of a ‘dangerous’ spy network in Poland is the latest in the country’s secret war against Russian intelligence since Putin’s troops attacked Ukraine.

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