The death cap is not native to B.C. and was first spotted in the Mission area in 1997, according to Paul Kroeger, founding member of the Vancouver Mycological Society.

Death cap mushrooms are present in many of B.C.’s forests but may also be found in city environments associated with many species of imported trees.

Mushroom foraging 101 The death cap is not native to B.C. and was first spotted in the Mission area in 1997, according to Paul Kroeger, founding member of the Vancouver Mycological Society.

Death cap mushrooms are present in many of B.C.’s forests but may also be found in city environments associated with many species of imported trees.

In 2015, the first incident of a Death Cap growing on a native tree in B.C. was recorded when the mushroom was found on a Garry Oak near Victoria.

Death caps aren’t native to Australia, and neither are the oak and beech trees that support them. The trees were first introduced into Australia from Europe in the 19th ecntury, and death caps ...