Californians really need to stop eating deadly mushrooms

Deadly mushrooms are continuing to claim lives in California despite warnings.

Warm weather and early rains in California have caused a "super bloom" of Amanita phalloides, also known as the death cap mushroom. Death cap mushrooms are extremely dangerous. They are highly poisonous and can cause liver failure and sometimes, unsurprisingly, death even in very small amounts. — Read the rest

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