(This content was created with the help of AI.) California typically logs a handful of serious mushroom poisonings a year, but it’s currently in the midst of what health authorities call an “unprecedented outbreak” of illnesses and deaths.
Since November, the California Department of Public Health has documented 47 mushroom poisoning cases and four deaths statewide, reports SFGate. Cases have been spread across at least six Bay Area counties.
The latest came when three adults who foraged in Napa County’s Deer Park area over the weekend ended up in the hospital…