Death cap mushrooms proliferating in B.C., experts warn

The deadliest mushroom on the planet is expanding into urban and rural areas across B.C., so doctors are now being educated on recognizing the symptoms of poisonings.
Poisonous death cap mushrooms (Amanita phalloides) initially came to B.C. on the roots of European trees like hornbeam, beech, hazelnut, lindens, chestnut and oaks. They now grow under mature native trees as well and are putting serious and amateur foragers, children, pets, and others at risk. The B.C. Centre for Disease Control is