At least 3 people have died from eating Death Cap mushrooms as they spread in California after rains

By JULIE WATSON, Associated Press

SAN DIEGO (AP) — At least three 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 Department of Public Health is urging people to avoid mushroom foraging altogether this year because Death Cap mushrooms are easily confused with safe, edible varieties.

Since Nov. 18 there have been at least three dozen cases of mushroom poisonings reported...