After a recent fatal poisoning, health experts say one truth stands out: if you’re not absolutely sure about a wild mushroom, don’t eat it. The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) issued an ...

Michigan's morel mushroom hunters are filling up their bags this spring. But pretenders can make you sick, even kill you in ...

THERE HAS BEEN ANOTHER DEATH CONNECTED TO MUSHROOM POISONING IN CALIFORNIA. A RESIDENT OF SONOMA COUNTY DIED OVER THE WEEKEND AFTER EATING WILD MUSHROOMS ACCORDING TO THEIR COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KSWB/KUSI) — California health officials are urging the public to avoid foraging for wild mushrooms after a dangerous outbreak of amatoxin poisoning led to severe illnesses — ...

Humboldt County health officials identified the poisonous mushroom consumed by a local resident as a western destroying angel mushroom. “Local foragers are advised to be aware after state health ...

Tim Fang is a digital producer at CBS Bay Area. A Bay Area native, Tim has been a part of the CBS Bay Area newsroom for more than two decades and joined the digital staff in 2006. Officials in San ...

Four individuals have died and three others have required life-saving liver transplants in California after consuming the highly toxic death cap mushroom, which has proliferated across the state ...