San Mateo County latest to warn residents about wild mushroom poisonings

Officials in San Mateo County are the latest in the Bay Area to warn residents to not forage for wild mushrooms, amid a rise ...
KQED

Bay Area Death After Eating Wild Mushrooms Spurs New Warnings of Toxic ‘Super Bloom’

A Sonoma County resident died last weekend after ingesting wild mushrooms, at least the third such death in California since ...
Almanac Online

Mushroom experts offer newbie fungi foragers advice on safe practices

Fungi are sprouting in clusters after weeks of heavy rain in the Bay Area. That may be good news for those interested in ...
Woodland Daily Democrat

What you need to know about wild mushroom poisoning

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 ...
The Republic

Midwest sees surge in calls to poison control centers amid bumper crop of wild mushrooms

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The warm, soggy summer across much of the Midwest has produced a bumper crop of wild mushrooms — and a surge in calls to poison control centers. At the Minnesota Regional ...
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Bay Area man dies from suspected mushroom poisoning

Sonoma County has issued an urgent health warning regarding wild mushrooms, which are sprouting up across the entire Bay Area ...
Gizmodo

Relying on AI to Identify Mushrooms Could Kill You

A new report warns that AI can’t be relied upon for mushroom identification, which is way more complicated than running a photo through its systems. Reading time 3 minutes If frolicking in the ...
The Press Democrat

Sonoma County issues health warning after local man dies in suspected mushroom poisoning

A Sonoma County resident has died of suspected mushroom poisoning, county officials said Thursday, relaying the unusually ...