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Amanita phalloides or the death cap mushroom

Wild mushrooms linked to hundreds of illnesses, three deaths in France

By Joe Whitworth on September 9, 2021

At least three people have died and hundreds were sickened in France in the past two months after eating wild mushrooms.

In July and August, 330 cases of poisoning were reported to French poison control…
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The poisonous amanita phalloides is also known as the death cap mushroom.

Wild mushroom warning in Australia after poisoning cases

By News Desk on April 12, 2019

The Food Safety Information Council has warned people in Australia not to pick or eat wild mushrooms following a number of poisoning cases.

Eight people were recently hospitalized in New South Wales due to wild…
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The poisonous amanita phalloides is also known as the death cap mushroom.

Wild mushrooms poisonings in France prompt warning

By Joe Whitworth on November 22, 2018

Almost 250 cases of poisonings due to wild mushroom consumption have been reported in France in the past few weeks.

From July to mid-October this year, poison control centers recorded between five and 60 cases…
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Death caps pose year-round threat to mushroom lovers

By News Desk on June 2, 2017

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.

NAMA_mushroom Warning_PosterFourteen people were confirmed…
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L.A. school garden closed after children sickened by mushroom

By Cathy Siegner on September 29, 2016

Several Los Angeles children were sickened last week after sampling a toxic mushroom growing in a community garden at their neighborhood school. At least two of them, including a 10-year-old boy, were taken to a…

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