As seasonal rains promote the growth of wild mushrooms, California Department of Public Health Director
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Authorities urge caution when hunting, eating wild mushrooms
Death caps pose year-round threat to mushroom lovers
Fortuitous weather and the increasing popularity of wild mushrooms combined in California to make a particularly dangerous foraging season this past winter and public health officials say the threat is ongoing.
Fourteen people were confirmed
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Michigan governor nixes bill to kill mushroom certification
An anti-regulation bill that would have eliminated a training requirement for people selling wild mushrooms to food establishments in Michigan has been vetoed by Gov. Rick Snyder.
The measure, HB 5532, was approved along party
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California Reports Five Deaths from Poisonous Mushrooms this Year
Poisonous mushrooms have killed five people and sickened over 1,500 in California since the beginning of the year, according to the state health department. Four of those deaths occurred in November. The California Department of
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Milk Thistle Extract Combats Mushroom Poisoning
Doctors at Georgetown University Hospital don’t see many victims of mushroom poisoning. This September, however, when 4 new cases cropped up in 2 weeks, they had an opportunity to try an investigational drug on these