Yet another person has died from eating a toxic variety of mushroom that has been blooming recently in California — bringing the state’s death toll to four.

In a typical year, California sees fewer than five cases of wild mushroom poisonings statewide, health officials said.

The Fungus Festival in Big Sur educates attendees on the risks of wild mushrooms, particularly the dangerous Death Cap, amid ...

California health officials issue urgent warning after toxic death cap mushrooms cause fatal outbreak. These dangerous fungi ...

Every winter for the past five years, mushroom madness was on full display in Mill Valley when the annual Wild in Marin ...

SLO COUNTY, Calif.—People are becoming ill after consuming mushrooms they gathered in the forest. Three people have died, and 3 others have needed liver transplants. Overall, 35 cases have been ...

The death of a Sonoma County resident last week prompted public health officials to urge foragers not to consume wild mushrooms. By Hannah Ziegler Three people in California have died and more than ...

Local health officials are warning not to eat foraged fungi after the death last weekend of a Sonoma County resident who had ingested wild mushrooms. In recent months, California has seen its largest ...

Sonoma County health officials issued an advisory Thursday warning people away from eating wild mushrooms following the weekend death of a county resident. The county's interim health officer Dr.

Tim Fang is a digital producer at CBS Bay Area. A Bay Area native, Tim has been a part of the CBS Bay Area newsroom for more than two decades and joined the digital staff in 2006. Health officials in ...

Lea el artículo en español aquí. Sonoma County‘s health officials have issued an advisory warning people not to eat wild mushrooms after a local resident died this past weekend after consuming them.