And if you experience any symptoms yourself after eating wild or foraged mushrooms, go to a hospital immediately and call ...

Death cap mushrooms look harmless, but are responsible for the majority of the world's mushroom-related deaths. California ...

While some mushrooms are completely harmless and, in fact, quite delicious to eat, others can cause severe or fatal health risks. The death cap mushroom, or Amanita phalloides, is aptly named due to ...

Some deadly mushrooms are easy to mistake for their tasty counterparts, resulting in several serious illnesses and one death ...

The warning comes after state health officials say at least 21 people appeared to be recently poisoned by death cap mushrooms ...

With wild mushroom hunting season in full swing, local officials and experts are warning that a large fruiting of a deadly ...

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Prof. Anne Pringle, a mycologist at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, about the latest research on death cap mushrooms, revealing new information about the enigmatic ...

Each entry includes photographs, identification details, and habitat notes to help readers distinguish toxic mushrooms from ...

Death cap mushrooms are back in the news. Amanita phalloides has once again been linked to poisonings, this time lacing beef Wellingtons served at a family meal in Leongatha, Australia, which resulted ...

A jury in Australia has found Erin Patterson guilty on three counts of murder and one of attempted murder. The murder weapon: Toxic mushrooms. Prosecutors argued Patterson intentionally served four of ...

Death cap mushrooms were in the headlines this week after an Australian woman received a life sentence for fatally poisoning some of her family members with the toxic fungus. But recent research has ...