Super Bloom of Death Caps Sparks Largest Outbreak of Mushroom Poisonings in Decades 63.4%
KQED - By April Dembosky - 12/20/2025, 1:00 PM
Death cap mushrooms sit by the side of a trail during an educational mushroom walk at Anthony Chabot Regional Park in Oakland on Dec. 12, 2025. Mushroom foraging is not allowed in the park. California health officials warned people to stop foraging after 24 people were sickened. Two needed liver transplants and one died. After the first... more