Fungi are sprouting in clusters after weeks of heavy rain in the Bay Area. That may be good news for those interested in mushroom foraging, but as many inexperienced foragers join the scene, expert ...

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 are considered the deadliest in the world. They make up about 90 percent of mushroom poisoning deaths each year. Consuming any part of the death cap mushroom, including the cap and ...

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 ...

The California Department of Public Health is warning the public against foraging for wild mushrooms because of an unusual ...

After a string of poisonings from “death cap” mushrooms — one of them fatal — California health officials are urging residents not to eat any foraged mushrooms unless they are trained experts. Doctors ...

They sprouted up in abundance after heavy rains, poking up through California lawns and forests, appearing harmless to some of those who found them - as though they'd make a good meal. And so they do, ...