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fromJezebel
7 hours ago

A Climate Change Threat You Wouldn't Expect: Death by Mushroom Poisoning

Death cap mushrooms, aided by climate change, are causing severe poisonings, liver failure, transplants, and deaths in California, making foraged mushrooms unsafe.
fromwww.berkeleyside.org
1 month ago

After mushroom poisonings, California says don't forage.' What to know about death caps

The California Department of Public Health is urging people to avoid foraging for and eating wild mushrooms this season after 21 people have been hospitalized with severe liver damage from a toxic mushroom known as the death cap and one person has died. CDPH issued the blanket advisory after detecting what the agency called two significant clusters of poisoning cases in Monterey and San Francisco counties, caused by the amatoxin found in the fungi.
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