They don’t look too dissimilar to the supermarket varieties we chop and throw into stir fries, but death cap mushrooms are one of the deadliest plants in the UK. Also known as 'Amanita ...

For myself, I feel fairly confident in saying that these mushrooms are death cap mushroom or Amanita phalloides.Thirty grams or 1 ounce is strong enough to kill a human in 48 hours if untreated.

The death cap mushroom is one of the deadliest poison fungi on earth. Few effective treatments are available. But a team of Chinese and Australian scientists say they've made a leap forward.

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. The death cap is the world's ...

Three family members were hospitalized earlier this month after picking and eating the so-called death cap mushrooms at a Lodi park. Over the weekend, one of them died.

Suspected mushroom poisoning in Australia has made headlines around the world ...

Death cap mushrooms are known to thrive a couple of weeks after wet weather and have been previously sighted in Canberra, Melbourne, Adelaide, and Tasmania.

The death cap mushroom is one of the deadliest poison fungi on earth. Few effective treatments are available. But a team of Chinese and Australian scientists say they've made a leap forward.

The death cap is a large fungus up to around 15cm across and 15cm tall with a domed or white cap and an off-white stem. These mushrooms can be located in parks, gardens and nature strips, the ...