VICTORIA — A three-year-old boy who had been picking wild mushrooms with his family in Victoria has died after eating a poisonous mushroom, the local health authority said Wednesday. death cap mushroom, if it is confirmed. Mycological examination of the mushrooms collected at the same site suggests that the boy probably ate the Amanita phalloides, or death cap mushroom, an authority news release said. RelatedThe death cap resembles the popular paddy straw mushroom: it’s mainly white with a yellowish stem, sometimes bulbous at the base. In September, the BC Centre for Disease Control and the Vancouver Mycological Society also warned recreational mushroom hunters to be cautious.

Source: National Post October 13, 2016 14:43 UTC