The California Department of Public Health is raising the alarm on an outbreak of death cap mushrooms, which has hospitalized ...

Health officials in California are urging people to stop eating foraged mushrooms following a poisoning outbreak. So far, 21 cases of amatoxin poisoning linked to certain types of wild mushrooms have ...

‘Tis the season for visions of sugarplums dancing in your head. But if you started seeing visions of teeny-tiny people dancing around, you probably wouldn’t think of the classic Christmas carol and ...

Unregulated nootropic mushroom products, often mislabeled, pose health risks due to varying ingredients and toxic mushroom species. Increased demand for "smart drugs" has led to the use of potentially ...

"We advise the public not to forage for wild mushrooms at all during this high-risk season," said Dr. Erica Pan, the director of the California Department of Public Health California health officials ...