When mature, the death cap has a smooth top cap that may be white or yellow with a green hue. These mushrooms typically have a ring that surrounds the top of the stalk underneath the cap.

The invasive death cap mushroom is thriving in North America. While it can be difficult to distinguish from an edible one, make no mistake: It can do a number on you.

Poisonous Death Cap (left) and Yellow-staining Mushrooms are particularly deadly. Deputy Chief Health Officer Clare Looker is urging Victorians not to pick or eat wild mushrooms this autumn.

Ninety per cent of the fatalities caused each year by ingesting poisonous mushrooms are caused by death caps. Credit: Nick Upton/NaturePL. The death cap mushroom (Amanita phalloides), which has ...

Victorians are being warned about potentially deadly mushrooms springing up this autumn. Health bosses have issued an alert over death cap and yellow-staining mushrooms as the weather becomes ...

Prosecutors allege she intended to kill two elderly couples – including her children’s grandparents – and deliberately picked death cap mushrooms for murder.

The mushroom in question – known as the ‘death cap’ mushroom, doesn’t have the typical red and yellow colours of other toxic items found in nature, instead it is white and plain looking ...

Scientists have been studying the death cap mushroom since the 1700s but only recently have discovered a potential antidote to this deadly fungus. Business Insider Subscribe Newsletters ...

Mushroom foraging, or mushroom hunting, is popular in many parts of the world - but even experienced foragers can make mistakes ...

The sole survivor of a poisoning involving suspected death cap mushrooms that killed three others in Australia has been released from hospital following a remarkable recovery that could now help ...