Mycologists in the United Kingdom have grown extremely excited after the discovery of a rare mushroom species in Dorset. During a "fungi foray" event in Shillingstone, in the southwest of England ...

Its similarity to edible mushrooms makes it particularly dangerous for foragers. Webcaps (Cortinarius Species ... Podostroma cornu-damae is a rare and extremely poisonous mushroom native to ...

In late December, a woman and her two grandsons in California ate soup made from deadly Amanita phalloides mushrooms they had picked. These so called 'death cap' mushrooms contain amatoxin—a ...

Another comprehensive review of nearly 400 species of wild edible mushrooms indicated that these fungi are often enriched with both essential trace elements and harmful heavy metals, influenced by ...