4 people have died from eating death cap mushrooms as they spread in California after rains
This photo provided by the California Department of Public Health shows Death Cap mushrooms. (CDPH viua AP)
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Four people have died and three others have required liver transplants after eating the aptly named death cap mushroom that is proliferating in California following a rainy winter.
The California Department of Public Health is urging people to avoid mushroom foraging altogether this year because death cap mushrooms are easily confused with safe, edible varieties.
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