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Collected too many mushrooms – fine for 80-year-olds
Good to know: In Germany you can only collect one kilo of mushrooms. photo
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In Germany there are rules and upper limits for almost all areas of life. An elderly mushroom picker from Switzerland had to experience this now.
A fine awaits an 80-year-old for collecting too many mushrooms. The man had collected three kilos of mainly chanterelles and porcini mushrooms instead of the one kilo allowed in Germany.
He was stopped at the Rheinfelden-Autobahn border crossing at the end of October when he was on his way home to Switzerland, customs said on Tuesday. The man says he didn’t know anything about the legal provisions. The amount of the fine to be paid is not yet clear.
The confiscated mushrooms were destroyed after an expert assessment, as the mushrooms already had a lot of water retention and were beginning to decay.