One Dead, 20 Suffer Liver Failure In California From Unusual Mushroom, Officials Warn

Health officials are sounding the alarm after a cluster of mushroom poisonings left one person dead and about 20 others with severe liver damage in California, many of them hospitalized in intensive care.AP News

A deadly outbreak tied to wild, foraged mushrooms

Between mid-November and early December 2025, the California Poison Control System documented 21 cases of amatoxin poisoning linked to people eating wild, foraged mushrooms.CDPH

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