As temperatures climb and the opportunity to forage for food grows, so do the opportunities to accidentally ingest toxic ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Foragers are being warned of what could be the largest toxic mushroom outbreak in California history, which state health officials ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (WJW) – Toxic death cap mushrooms are being blamed for three deaths in California. The California Department of Public Health issued a new warning this week due to a surge in people ...

Local health officials are warning not to eat foraged fungi after the death last weekend of a Sonoma County resident who had ingested wild mushrooms. In recent months, California has seen its largest ...

As mushrooms spring up across the country, Australians are being urged to only buy mushrooms from reputable markets and ...

Eating a lookalike of a mushroom commonly foraged in the Pacific Northwest could have dire consequences. Researchers are sounding the alarm about some so-called “false morels” that, when eaten over a ...

Imagine you purchase a bag of gummies labeled nootropic — a term used to describe substances that claim to enhance mental ability and function, or “smart drugs.” However, within hours of consuming ...

SLO COUNTY, Calif.—People are becoming ill after consuming mushrooms they gathered in the forest. Three people have died, and 3 others have needed liver transplants. Overall, 35 cases have been ...

One of the most poisonous mushrooms is blooming across California. Thanks to an exceptionally wet December, death cap mushrooms — or Amanita phalloides — have proliferated along the Central Coast and ...