This year's rise in poisonous mushroom varieties in California has led to precipitous rise in illness and deaths from ...

The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) is issuing an urgent advisory following a recent outbreak of amatoxin ...

Experts say watch out for "Western Destroying Angel" mushrooms and "Death Cap" mushrooms because they have dangerous toxins.

A Sonoma County resident died last weekend after ingesting wild mushrooms, at least the third such death in California since ...

Fungi are sprouting in clusters after weeks of heavy rain in the Bay Area. That may be good news for those interested in ...

Last month, the California Department of Public Health issued a statewide warning to avoid foraging after clusters of ...

The death of a Sonoma County resident last week prompted public health officials to urge foragers not to consume wild ...

Experts warn that washing, cooking, and preparing poisonous mushrooms does not neutralize the toxins. If you eat them, you ...

Health officials in Sonoma County are urging the community to not eat and forage for wild mushrooms, following the poisoning ...