Because orchids bloom for months, they might give the impression that their flowering period never ends but it does. And if ...

Death cap mushrooms are another name for poisonous Amanita phalloides mushrooms. The toxins of death cap mushrooms target the ...

A search for a suburban death cap mushroom sighting was made on a laptop seized from Erin Patterson’s home, seconds before ...

She insists the poisoning was a tragic accident. Dr May told the court that the sightings of death cap mushrooms were recorded near Ms Patterson’s home in Leongatha in April and May 2023.

Internationally recognised mushroom expert Tom May has told a Supreme Court murder trial death cap mushrooms were reported growing near Leongatha on a public website months before a deadly lunch ...

She said she told Patterson there was still a risk that the death cap mushroom toxin could have “seeped through the meat” and advised that her children seek medical care immediately.

The aptly named death cap mushroom is of particular concern, as ingesting the fungi can be fatal and cooking the mushroom does not inactivate the toxin as is commonly thought. The health ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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', ...