Death caps, which can appear similar to edible varieties, are responsible for about 90 per cent of mushroom-related deaths worldwide. Mushrooms are a key ingredient in beef Wellington, used to ...

Three people including a mother and her son have reportedly been poisoned after eating a death cap mushroom in Jersey. They were rushed to hospital on September 15 after accidentally eating the ...

Death Cap mushrooms, dubbed "silent assassins" by the Woodland Trust, are popping up across the country, thriving in the gloomy conditions following floods and thunderstorms. The poisonous fungus ...

Researchers said in May that an already widely used medical dye reduces the poisonous effects of death cap mushrooms in mice. This has raised hopes of the first targeted antidote for the world’s ...

The poisonous Death Cap mushrooms, which are common in the UK, are the deadliest in the world. In Jersey, three people have been poisoned and hospitalised after eating part of the mushroom.