The winter season has brought cold and wet conditions that are perfect for fungi like death cap mushrooms, or Amanita phalloides, to grow in California, experts say, but with that has come a rash of ...

Carlos Diaz needed a liver transplant after preparing and eating mushrooms that he thought were safe and edible ...

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 ...

A Central Coast couple is warning others about the dangers of consuming wild mushrooms after a foraging mishap led to severe ...

It is that time of year again — With the rainy season, deadly wild mushrooms will begin sprouting across the Bay Area. KPIX spoke with a mushroom expert about how you can keep yourself and your pets ...

Mushrooms make for a popular ingredient in countless recipes, from soups and salads to sandwiches and pasta. Their common usage and recent growth is good news since mushrooms are as diverse as they ...

A total of 23 children and adults have fallen ill in California after being poisoned by foraged wild mushrooms, according to the California Poison Control Service. One person died from eating a deadly ...

Mushrooms are definitely having a moment. Reports indicate that sales have been increasing steadily to the point that the global mushroom market was valued at more than $50 billion in 2022 - the same ...

The Food Safety Information Council has warned people in Australia against picking and eating wild mushrooms. The charity raised several issues around picking mushrooms for consumption after recent ...

The lurid bolete, known locally in Yunnan as jianshouqing, is a boletus mushroom that is famous for turning blue when bruised ...