Four people killed after eating death cap mushroom amid warning to avoid foraging as lethal fungus spreads in California
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February 7, 2026
FOUR people have died and three other have undergone liver transplants after eating Death Cap mushrooms in California. State-wide warnings are frantically being issued after at least 36 reported poisonings since November 18. The California Department of Public Health is imploring foragers to avoid mushrooms entirely this year, as Death Caps have spread over a...
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