His body had to be recovered by a specially trained fire crew, officials say.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Foragers are being warned of what could be the largest toxic mushroom outbreak in California history, which state health officials ...

The Potter Valley Tribe is the first in the state to win this community forest grant, where future generations can come to ...

California officials are warning the public after an outbreak of amatoxin mushroom poisoning linked to death cap mushrooms. The outbreak has resulted in one adult death and 21 cases of poisoning, with ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A cluster of death cap mushrooms grows in the wild. (DEA / P. Puccinelli / De Agostini via Getty Images) David Yturralde arrived ...

On a walk through Bannister Park in Fair Oaks, Jim Adams says it’s easy to find all kinds of mushrooms. Rainfall early in the fall created perfect damp and cold conditions for them to grow. As the ...

Health officials in California this week warned the public about foraging for mushrooms after a deadly outbreak struck the middle of the state. The California Poison Control System has identified at ...

Four people have died and three others have required liver transplants after eating the aptly named death cap mushroom that is proliferating in California following a rainy winter. More than three ...

David Yturralde arrived at the mushroom talk in Newport Beach recently armed with a pen and paper and a host of questions. The goal, he said, was to demystify those fascinating fungi that popped up on ...

Foragers are being warned of what could be the largest toxic mushroom outbreak in California history, which state health officials say has caused three deaths and sickened more than 30 people who ...