date:Dec 07, 2012
They tend to grow in shady, moist and humid environments.
Wild mushroom poisoning continues to cause disease, hospitalization and death among California residents. According to the California Poison Control System (CPCS), 1,602 cases of mushroom ingestion were reported statewide from January 2011 through November 2012. Among those cases:
Five individuals died (four in November 2012).
Eighteen suffered a major health outcome, such as liver failure leading to coma and/or a liver transplant,