They don’t look too dissimilar to the supermarket varieties we chop and throw into stir fries, but death cap mushrooms are one of the deadliest plants in the UK. Also known as 'Amanita Phalloides', ...

An internet search for a death cap mushroom sighting was made on a device connected to Erin Patterson, a court has heard.

Cops said the family had consumed Amanita phalloides - also referred to as the death cap. Chillingly described as a "silent assassin and killer of kings" which "has been used as a murder weapon ...

Doctors said the symptoms matched death cap mushroom poisoning, which forensic tests later confirmed. The prosecution alleges that Ms Patterson, 50, deliberately poisoned the lunch guests after ...

Accused death cap mushroom cook Erin Patterson is no longer facing three attempted murder charges as her triple-murder trial begins in country Victoria. Anna Houlahan reports on crime and social ...

By then, medical staff had diagnosed her guests as suffering death cap poisoning.Erin Patterson told authorities that she had cooked with a mixture of fresh mushrooms bought from a supermarket and ...

All four guests were hospitalized the next day with poisoning from death cap mushrooms, also known as amanita phalloides, that were added to the beef and pastry dish. Ian Wilkinson survived after ...

Australian police believe Erin served her guests the dish made with wild Amanita phalloides, also called death cap mushrooms, in July 2023. Don and Gail Patterson, both 70, and Gail’s sister ...