date:May 06, 2017
With the abundance of toxic mushrooms sprouting across Victoria, residents are being warned not to pick wild mushrooms this autumn.
Botanic Gardens Victoria scientist Dr Tom May says thunderstorms in December brought a flush and a burst of death caps ahead of the mushroom season in autumn and winter.
Death caps have a greenish-brown tinge on top but the toxic fungi can be distinguished from field mushrooms by their white underside.
(Death caps) causes more fatalities worldwide than any other