This year's rise in poisonous mushroom varieties in California has led to precipitous rise in illness and deaths from ...

(AP) – California officials are warning foragers after an outbreak of poisoning linked to wild mushrooms that has killed one adult and caused severe liver damage in several patients, including ...

A Sonoma County resident died last weekend after ingesting wild mushrooms, at least the third such death in California since ...

This time of year, you might see fresh morel mushrooms pop up at farmers markets and on restaurant menus. But what exactly are these funky-looking fungi? Morels are wild mushrooms with distinctive ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. California poison control identified 21 cases of amatoxin poisoning linked to death cap mushrooms, which killed ...

Officials said one person was killed and 20 others were poisoned after eating death cap mushrooms, which look and taste like safe mushrooms but can cause liver failure. By Hannah Ziegler California ...

The winter season has brought cold and wet conditions that are perfect for fungi like death cap mushrooms, or Amanita phalloides, to grow in California, experts say, but with that has come a rash of ...

After a recent fatal poisoning, health experts say one truth stands out: if you’re not absolutely sure about a wild mushroom, don’t eat it. The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) issued an ...