Three Monterey County residents were hospitalized after eating poisonous mushrooms purchased from an unlicensed vendor in Salinas, according to health officials. The mushrooms, which appeared to be ...

Three California residents suffered severe organ failure after consuming deadly 'death cap' mushrooms they claimed to have purchased from a produce van in Salinas on New Year's Day. The trio, ...

The mushrooms reportedly look like white button mushrooms, which are edible, but are actually amanita phalloides, also known as death cap mushrooms for their level of poisonousness. Anyone who ...

Mushrooms, like the ones consumed by the three individuals in Salinas, may appear to be white button mushrooms but are in fact amanita phalloides or death cap mushrooms because of their potential ...

Three individuals were hospitalized Tuesday after ingesting amanita phalloides – or death ... death caps can grow up to 15 cm and have a domed or white cap and off-white stem.