Amanita phalloides, more commonly known as the death cap mushroom, is behind 90 per cent of the world's mushroom-related fatalities, the paper says. The symptoms of the mushroom poisoning can disappear awhile, making the patient think they're out of the woods. A very young death cap is pictured before the cap flattens and changes colour. (Oak Bay Parks staff/Chris Hyde-Lay)Ahmad warned that local foragers might accidentally pick the lethal mushroom as it becomes more common in urban areas such as Vancouver, Victoria and the Fraser Valley. Ahmad urges health professionals to be extra vigilant, especially if patients say they ate puffball or paddy-straw mushrooms — two mushrooms that closely resemble the death cap.

Source: CBC News February 26, 2019 15:00 UTC