The present Ordinance implements the Tyrol Nature Protection Law 2005(LGBl. No. 26). Article 1 of the above-mentioned Ordinance establishes that the wilful elimination, damaging or destruction of wild-growing mushrooms or parts of them are banned. However, the collection of single samples for the purpose of research and teaching is admitted. Article 2 specifies that a maximum amount of 2 kg of wild-growing mushrooms per person may be collected and transported from 7 am to 7 pm. The text consists