At least 500 poisonings related to mushroom picking and consumption have occurred in the past few months in France. Cases have been recorded since July by Poison Control Centers. A significant ...
Some mushrooms and plants look harmless but can be really dangerous. For example, the Death Cap mushroom looks like any other mushroom but can be deadly if eaten. The pretty Oleander plant has ...
Researchers found that magic mushrooms and fiber caps independently evolved different biochemical pathways to create psilocybin. This convergence shows nature’s ingenuity, but the reason why remains ...
NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Prof. Anne Pringle, a mycologist at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, about the latest research on death cap mushrooms, revealing new information about the enigmatic ...
Death cap mushrooms were in the headlines this week after an Australian woman received a life sentence for fatally poisoning some of her family members with the toxic fungus. But recent research has ...
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - An Australian woman convicted of murdering three older relatives of her estranged husband with a meal containing poisonous mushrooms was sentenced to a minimum of 33 years in ...
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — An Australian judge on Monday sentenced triple-murderer Erin Patterson to life in prison with a non-parole period of 33 years for poisoning four of her estranged husband’s ...
Australian woman receives life sentence with 33-year minimum for murdering three in-laws with death cap mushrooms hidden in beef Wellington. Judge condemned Erin Patterson’s “enormous betrayal of ...
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — An Australian judge on Monday sentenced triple-murderer Erin Patterson to life in prison with a non-parole period of 33 years for poisoning four of her estranged husband’s ...