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

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 ...

A third person has died in a rash of poisonings from wild, foraged mushrooms in California, health officials report.

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

A couple in Salinas, Calif., is warning the public not to pick up and consume wild mushrooms after surviving a near-fatal ...

A Sonoma County resident died over the weekend after consuming wild mushrooms amid a troubling uptick in poisonings statewide ...

California health officials are warning residents to avoid eating wild mushrooms after a sharp rise in poisonings that has ...

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

Sonoma County health officials issued an advisory Thursday warning people to not eat wild mushrooms after a county resident ...

FORT DRUM, N.Y. (June 5, 2025) -- When a wild mushroom bears the name “Funeral Bell,” it’s probably best to avoid them. The Fort Drum Garrison Safety Office recently worked with the Directorate of ...

There is some great eating out there in the fungal world, and some of the best-tasting mushrooms are also quite safe, with no or few poisonous look-alikes. But every article about edible mushrooms ...