"The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) said in its advisory that there have been 21 confirmed cases of toxic mushroom poisoning, which it says is "likely" from consumption of death caps, between mid-November and last Friday. Toxins from the mushrooms killed one adult and caused severe liver damage in kids and other adults. Several patients required intensive care, "with at least one individual potentially needing a liver transplant," health officials added."
"Death cap mushrooms are known to grow in many parts of California, fueled especially by the fall and winter rain. An unusually rainy season has created particularly favorable growing conditions for the mushrooms, as was the case in December 2016, when state officials reported 14 cases of death cap poisoning. All of the individuals survived, but three required liver transplants and one child had "permanent neurologic impairment.""
California authorities are warning people not to eat foraged mushrooms after 21 confirmed toxic mushroom poisonings likely linked to death cap consumption between mid-November and last Friday. Toxins killed one adult and caused severe liver damage in children and adults, with several patients requiring intensive care and at least one potentially needing a liver transplant. Significant clusters occurred in Monterey and the San Francisco Bay Areas, and risk is statewide. Death cap mushrooms grow across many parts of California, thriving after fall and winter rains; an unusually rainy season has increased growth. The species causes 90% of mushroom-related fatalities worldwide and has been reported in multiple U.S. regions.
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