In late December, a woman and her two grandsons in California ate soup made from deadly Amanita phalloides mushrooms they had picked. These so called 'death cap' mushrooms contain amatoxin—a ...

It is not yet clear what kind of mushroom the victims ate, but the poisonous Amanita phalloides, or death cap, is found in Iran More than 800 people have been poisoned after eating toxic wild ...

Unless treated promptly by a doctor, the toxins kill. The most poisonous species is Amanita bisporigera, which occurs in North America. Because symptoms are not apparent until after poisoning has ...

Late summer and early fall is the best time for mushrooms. For the past couple of weeks I’ve been out and about searching high and low for all sorts of mushrooms. I find peace in the simple ...

Mushrooms pose significant risks to human health due to the presence of poisonous species that can easily be mistaken for edible ones. Some of the world's deadliest mushrooms, such as the Death ...

A good deal of rain achieves more than quenching your plants' thirst. It also instigates mushrooms to sprout in your yard and monopolize the available organic content. While the growth of these ...

With the wet winter bringing an abundance of wild mushrooms to East Bay Regional Parks, officials issued an advisory warning that some can be lethal to humans and pets if […] ...

but are actually amanita phalloides, also known as death cap mushrooms for their level of poisonousness. Anyone who believes they may have eaten poisonous mushrooms and who are suffering from ...