Wild “death cap” mushrooms severely sickened 14 people — three of whom need liver transplants — after they ate fungus picked from the Northern California mountains, medical officials said.

In 2012, four people died at a Northern California senior care facility after all ate a soup made from poisonous mushrooms. The CDC said an antidote to the death cap is licensed in most of Europe ...

When going wild-mushroom hunting, best to go with someone who knows his or her stuff. California: Hunt mushrooms (or just eat them) during Mendocino fest - Los Angeles Times ...

A bumper crop of deadly wild "death cap" mushrooms in northern California is likely to blame for the poisonings of 14 people in December, health officials say.. The culprit: Amanita phalloides ...

The California Poison Control System reported 1,038 cases of poisonous mushroom ingestion from November 2016 to January 15, 2018, according to the state health officials. Skip to content All Sections ...

Authorities announced Monday two residents from a Northern California assisted living facility have died and four others are hospitalized after eating a soup prepared with wild poisonous mushrooms ...

In Northern California, it is the season for wild chanterelle mushrooms, a highly sought variety -- and also the amanita species of mushrooms, which includes the descriptively named "death cap ...

The California Poison Control System reported 1,038 cases of poisonous mushroom ingestion from November 2016 to January 15, 2018, according to the state health officials. Skip to content All Sections ...

The 14 patients reportedly consumed wild mushrooms they picked themselves or were given by others. Five individuals, including the toddler, developed symptoms nine hours after eating grilled ...

Five people have died from eating this type of mushrooms in California since 2010. Amanita phalloides or death cap mushrooms are toxic to people and pets. Archenzo/CC BY-SA 3.0 Wikimedia Commons ...

The first signs of trouble came in November when a group of fungus hunters spotted a large bloom of wild “death cap” mushrooms in the greater San Francisco Bay area. Over the following weeks ...

In many of the incidents in California, patients reported eating multiple mushrooms. In 2016, the state noticed an uptick in wild mushroom poisonings as well as an abundance of wild mushroom ...