California authorities are warning people not to eat foraged mushrooms for the time being after nearly two dozen people were sickened — including one fatally — by a highly poisonous mushroom known as ...

It started as a home-cooked meal, ended in multiple deaths and a court sentence for Erin Patterson. Here's how the death cap became the center of a chilling murder case.A jury in Australia has found ...

Death cap mushrooms (Amanita phalloides) are among the world’s most poisonous fungi, responsible for the majority of fatal ...

Death cap mushrooms were at the center of an Australian murder trial. What are death cap mushrooms, and why are they so deadly?A jury in Australia has found Erin Patterson guilty on three counts of ...