Four people dead and three needing liver transplant after eating death cap mushrooms as urgent health warning issued.
Four have died and three others needed to undergo life-saving liver transplants after eating death cap mushrooms in California.
The fungi, which is known to cause severe vomiting and stomach pain in sufferers, and death in many cases, closely resembles edible varieties.
This case of mistaken identity has caused more than three dozen people to become poisoned, per the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) since November 18.
Those who ate the mushrooms, began to show signs of acute liver injury before liver failure, with a number of patients requiring to be admitted to the intensive care unit for life-saving treatment.
According to the CDPH, these cases have rapidly increased, leading it to release a warning to those in the area.
From November onwards, 39 people were poisoned in California and four people passed away, with the CDPH stating: “California is experiencing an unprecedented outbreak of severe illness and deaths associated with people accidentally picking and eating Death Cap mushrooms.”
