A family lunch in Australia turned deadly after poisoned mushrooms killed three relatives. Death Cap: The Mushroom Murders examines the shocking case and trial.

The Mushroom Murders zooms in on the high-profile — and highly unusual — case of Erin Patterson, an Australian woman who was ...

In July 2023, Erin Patterson invited four of her ex-husband’s relatives to lunch at her home in Leongatha, a small town in Victoria. Within days, three of them had died. Her estranged husband’s uncle ...

While some mushrooms are completely harmless and, in fact, quite delicious to eat, others can cause severe or fatal health risks. The death cap mushroom, or Amanita phalloides, is aptly named due to ...

Death cap mushrooms were in the headlines this week after an Australian woman received a life sentence for fatally poisoning some of her family members with the toxic fungus. But recent research has ...

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California officials recently advised residents against foraging for wild mushrooms due to a rash of over 20 poisonings ...

California health officials warned people to stop foraging after 24 people were sickened. Two needed liver transplants and ...

Death cap mushrooms (Amanita phalloides) are among the world’s most poisonous fungi, responsible for the majority of fatal ...

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 enigmatic ...