Posted on 06/02/2017 11:32:07 AM PDT by simpson96
A bumper crop of deadly wild "death cap" mushrooms in northern California is likely to blame for the poisonings of 14 people in December, health officials say.
The culprit: Amanita phalloides, believed to be the world's most dangerous mushroom.
All 14 recovered, but three required liver transplants, and a toddler suffered permanent brain damage, the researchers reported.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that anyone picking wild mushrooms have them evaluated by a specialist before eating them.(snip)
The 14 people described in the report had eaten wild mushrooms they picked themselves or received from others.(snip)
After eating just one that he picked in Santa Rosa, a 37-year-old was hospitalized for six days, according to the report.
An 18-month-old became critically ill after nibbling one-half of a mushroom cap given to her mother by a stranger who had picked mushrooms in the mountains that morning.
The child's mother, father, and two adults who had joined them for dinner also became ill.
The child developed irreversible liver failure that affected her brain. She required a liver transplant and suffered "permanent neurologic impairment," the report said. Another adult who attended that dinner also needed a liver transplant.
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Terrible article, the author does not even list the latin names. Shiitake is not found in the wild in north America, nor is the portobello. The guy is a rank amateur.
Yes it is........
***He wouldn’t eat the poison mushrooms.***
Spoken with a Swedish accent at that!
Your name lends authority to the subject - so I will defer to your expertise.
The photos were good;)
What do you call a mushroom that buys you beers all night?
A FUNGI to be with!
True, but are they the mushrooms mentioned? No attribution is listed, they could be any species.
I once decided to try picking mushrooms so I got a book on the subject. The problem is that many of the poisonous mushrooms looked almost exactly like the non-poisonous mushrooms. That’s when I decided to ditch the mushroom picking idea.
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