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Wild mushrooms linked to outbreak of deadly poisoning in Bay Area, Monterey

Poisonous mushrooms are causing an outbreak of serious illness that’s killed one adult and caused severe liver damage in 21 children and adults in the Bay Area and Monterey since mid-November, health officials say. The fungi known as “death cap mushrooms” present such a high risk that the Department of Public Health on Friday issued […]

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