Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A cluster of death cap mushrooms grows in the wild. (DEA / P. Puccinelli / De Agostini via Getty Images) David Yturralde arrived ...

A rainy winter in California has triggered an unusual and dangerous surge in toxic mushroom growth. Health officials say the spike has led to a statewide outbreak of amatoxin poisoning tied to death ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A table of toxic mushrooms can be seen during the Tilden Fungi Fair at Tilden Nature Area in Berkeley. The Bay Area has seen an ...

The California Department of Public Health has warned people against foraging for mushrooms this year due to an "unprecedented outbreak of severe illness" | Microbiology ...

Four people have died in California after eating death cap mushrooms as officials continue to issue warnings to foragers in the state. More than 35 cases of death cap poisonings have been reported to ...

(KRON) — A person who went foraging for wild mushrooms in the San Francisco Bay Area has died after eating the toxic plant, health officials said Tuesday. The mushrooms, also known as “death cap ...

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 ...