An exceptionally wet December has contributed to an abundance of death cap mushrooms, causing an unprecedented outbreak of ...

Fungi are sprouting in clusters after weeks of heavy rain in the Bay Area. That may be good news for those interested in ...

In July 2023, Erin Patterson invited four of her ex-husband’s relatives to lunch at her home in Leongatha, a small town in Victoria. Within days, three of them had died. Her estranged husband’s uncle ...

At least three people have died in California after consuming death cap mushrooms, a highly toxic wild fungus often mistaken ...

The California Department of Public Health is urging people to avoid foraging for and eating wild mushrooms this season after 21 people have been hospitalized with severe liver damage from a toxic ...

The California Department of Public Health reported 35 people between the ages of 19 months and 67 years have been sickened ...

The state has recorded an unusual spate of poisonings from foraged mushrooms. There have been 35 since November, whereas ...