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Four people have died and three others have required liver transplants after eating the aptly named death cap mushroom that is proliferating in California following a rainy winter. The California ...

The death cap mushroom is one of the most poisonous mushrooms, leading to diarrhea, vomiting, liver damage and even death for those who eat it. (Agorastos Papatsanis) An exceptionally wet December ...

Death cap mushrooms are back in the news. Amanita phalloides has once again been linked to poisonings, this time lacing beef Wellingtons served at a family meal in Leongatha, Australia, which resulted ...

An exceptionally wet December has contributed to an abundance of death cap mushrooms, or Amanita phalloides, in Central and Northern California, causing what officials describe as an unprecedented ...

California authorities are warning people not to eat foraged mushrooms for the time being after nearly two dozen people were sickened — including one fatally — by a highly poisonous mushroom known as ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Following an exceptionally wet December, death cap mushrooms are blooming across the state, resulting in an ...