A Sonoma County resident died over the weekend after consuming wild mushrooms amid a troubling uptick in poisonings statewide, county officials announced Thursday.
Across California, three people, including the Sonoma County resident, have died after consuming wild mushrooms between Nov. 14 and Jan. 4, according to the county health department. Another 35 people have been poisoned, including three people who required liver transplants. To compare, the number of cases tied to wild mushroom poisonings in an average year is five.
“Early rains and a mild fall have led to a profusion of the toxic death cap mushrooms in Northern California,” said Michael Stacey, Sonoma County’s interim health officer…