On 29 July 2023, a home-cooked beef Wellington lunch allegedly contained death cap mushrooms, leaving Don Patterson, Gail Patterson and Heather Wilkinson dead, with Ian Wilkinson the sole survivor.

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Health experts say people used to foraging elsewhere in the world are confusing death caps with edible, visually similar mushrooms found in their home countries, and hospitalizations and deaths are on ...

Deadly wild mushrooms are sickening Bay Area immigrant families; officials urge immediate caution and to call 1‑800‑222‑1222.

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Four people have died and three others have required liver transplants after eating the aptly named death cap mushroom that is proliferating in California following a rainy winter. The California ...

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Four people have died and three others have required liver transplants after eating the aptly named death cap mushroom that is proliferating in California following a rainy winter.