Even candy has a not-so-sweet side. Over the years, several recalls have pulled tasty treats from grocery store shelves out ...

EXCLUSIVE: The extraordinary true story of Erin Patterson, who stands accused of murdering her guests with poisonous mushrooms, is being turned into a TV drama for Australia’s ABC.

Residents warned after toxic mushrooms detected A surge in mushroom poisonings and the return of the lethal death cap fungus has health experts urging people to steer clear of wild fungi.

Amanita phalloides, commonly known as death cap mushrooms, have recently been identified in Sydney, the Southern Highlands and southern NSW. NSW Health is urging residents not to pick or eat wild ...

Australia's 'mushroom murderer' was grilled by prosecutors in court today as the lone survivor of the lunch testified. Erin Patterson is charged with three counts of murder after her former in ...

MORWELL, Australia (Reuters) -The jury in the trial of an Australian woman who allegedly murdered three elderly relatives of her estranged husband using poisonous mushrooms retired to consider its ...

If someone consumes a poisonous mushroom, contact Poison Control Centers at 1-800-222-1222 and get emergency medical attention. Fresh, wild mushrooms can be refrigerated, frozen, or dried.

An Australian woman accused of murdering three people with death cap mushrooms denied Wednesday that she turned the fungi into dry powder for the fatal meal. Erin Patterson, 50, is charged with ...

BROOMALL, Pa. (WPVI) -- A Delaware County man accused of trying to silence his neighbor's dogs with poisonous meatballs is speaking out. Mark Nugent, 63, is on surveillance video throwing ...

With “no reliable way” of telling if a wild mushroom is poisonous, Chief Public Health Officer Professor Nicola Spurrier said the best thing to do was steer clear.

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