Death cap mushrooms (Amanita phalloides) are among the world’s most poisonous fungi, responsible for the majority of fatal ...

You’re out for a walk in the woods, and you see a plump white mushroom peeking from the base of a tree, looking clean, fresh and edible. And maybe you pluck it, take it home, and sauté it in butter.

Poisoning due to the consumption of self-picked mushrooms occurs again and again. The federal states` poison information centres answer several thousand enquiries about mushrooms every year. "In ...