New free Virginia field guide aims to reduce poisonous mushroom incidents

Each entry includes photographs, identification details, and habitat notes to help readers distinguish toxic mushrooms from ...
Santa Cruz Sentinel on MSN

Central Coast, Bay Area officials sound alarm amid ongoing spike in death cap poisonings

With wild mushroom hunting season in full swing, local officials and experts are warning that a large fruiting of a deadly ...
NPR

What you should know about the poisonous death cap mushroom species

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Prof. Anne Pringle, a mycologist at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, about the latest research on death cap mushrooms, revealing new information about the ...
New Scientist

The deadliest mushroom, the death cap, is still concocting new poisons

Death cap mushrooms are back in the news. Amanita phalloides has once again been linked to poisonings, this time lacing beef Wellingtons served at a family meal in Leongatha, Australia, which ...