Recent news of more than 30 cases of mushroom-related illness and death has prompted some Southern Californians to seek a ...

Since Nov. 18, more than three dozen people have been poisoned after eating death caps, according to the California ...

Thanks to an exceptionally wet December, death cap mushrooms — or Amanita phalloides — have proliferated along the Central Coast and in Northern California. As a result, there’s been a sudden uptick ...

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

State health officials discouraged foraging this year, saying that toxic mushrooms can easily be confused with safe ones to eat.

Mushrooms are low in calories and fat but rich in savory flavor. Lightly roasting, sautéing or grilling them deepens their umami — and means you can lean less on salt. Avoid cooking them over ...

Four people have died so far.

Death cap mushroom poisonings in California have reached record levels. Many of those poisoned are immigrants.