"The California Department of Public Health reported 35 people between the ages of 19 months and 67 years have been sickened in the outbreak since November. That number is far higher than the average number of mushroom poisonings in California, which is around five per year. Three adult deaths in the state have been linked to ingesting poisonous mushrooms, and another three people have undergone liver transplants."
"Smollin and other health officials from the California Department of Public Health and CPCS used the press conference to warn California residents to avoid foraging for mushrooms, especially as recent rains led to ideal conditions for the death cap mushroom to flourish. "There are just a very large number of Amanita phalloides mushrooms fruiting at this time, making them very easy to find," Smollin said."
Since November, 35 people aged 19 months to 67 years were sickened in a California outbreak linked to Amanita phalloides, far above the state average of about five cases per year. Three adults have died and three others required liver transplants; one person remains hospitalized with significant liver injury. Health officials consider this likely the largest death cap poisoning outbreak in California since the CPCS formed in 1999. Foraging activity in multiple Bay Area and Central California locations produced the mushrooms after recent rains created ideal fruiting conditions. Officials strongly warn residents to avoid foraging for wild mushrooms.
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