Wet, mild weather brings abundance of fungi – but picking them requires expert knowledge
Health authorities across the country are urging Australians not to eat wild mushrooms as favourable growing conditions and coronavirus lockdowns lead to a rise in people attending hospital after eating potentially deadly fungi.
Poison information line experts are reporting their busiest period in decades, including inquiries from perplexed emergency room doctors, with Victorian authorities recording eight hospital admissions among foragers who have ingested toxic mushrooms in the past two weeks.
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