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Death cap mushroom poisoning - all you need to know The death of three people in Australia has thrown the spotlight on toxic mushrooms ...

The cap of the green-spored parasol mushroom is often covered in brown flecks. nickkurzenko / Adobe Stock This poisonous mushroom is known as the green-spored parasol, or the false parasol.

Patterson is accused of putting death cap mushrooms in a meal she served her estranged husband's relatives in July 2023, killing three. She took the stand in Week 6 of the trial gripping Australia.

Woman who denies mushroom murders of her in-laws accepts that she served them death caps for lunch The Associated Press June 3, 2025, 6:14 AM ...

Alleged mushroom poisoner Erin Patterson has denied an image of sliced vegetables on a dehydrator tray captures death cap mushrooms she had picked, her trial has been told.

Erin Patterson murder trial: Fungi expert gives evidence on death cap mushrooms — as it happened By Judd Boaz, Tim Callanan, court reporter Kristian Silva and Melissa Brown ...

The death cap mushrooms are at the centre of the trial after the court was told that the mushrooms were part of the paste that was used to make the beef wellington main course served to her guests.

A court has heard how a bag of "death mushrooms" kept in a "seeping paper bag" were found during a probe after a woman allegedly poisoned her ex husband's family.

Alleged triple-murderer Erin Patterson checked herself out of hospital even as doctors warned her she might have potentially ingested a lethal dose of death cap mushrooms, a court has heard.

Erin Patterson hosted several of her estranged husband's relatives for lunch in July 2023. Within days, three of them were dead of mushroom poisoning. She denies deliberately poisoning them.