San Francisco health officials are warning of a surge in severe illnesses tied to people eating poisonous wild mushrooms, ...

Three other people have required liver transplants, and since November there have been more than three dozen poisoning cases.

A deadly outbreak in California has been traced to consumption of death cap mushrooms. More than three dozen people have been ...

Four people have died and three others have required liver transplants after eating the aptly named death cap mushroom that ...

Four people have died since mid-November, state health officials say.

An outbreak of toxic mushroom poisonings across California has killed a Contra Costa County man in the Bay Area, health officials said. A man in his 60s died after eating toxic mushrooms, possibly ...

A Contra Costa man has died after ingesting wild mushrooms, according to county health officials. The man, whose name was not released, is the the fourth person to have died in recent months due to ...

Public health officials are urging Californians to stop foraging for mushrooms as dangerous fungi continue to grow following recent wet weather. On Thursday, Sacramento County Public Health announced ...

EXPLAINING WHY THIS IS HAPPENING NOW. FORAGING FOR MUSHROOMS IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. UNFORTUNATELY, A FAMILY CAME OUT HERE LAST WEEK AND COLLECTED SOME MUSHROOMS, TOOK THEM HOME AND ATE THEM AFTER ...

After poisonous mushrooms sickened 35 people in California and killed three, Washington state residents may be wondering if they’re at risk. People in San Francisco, Santa Cruz and seven other ...