SAN DIEGO (AP) — Four people have died and three others have required liver transplants after eating the aptly named death cap mushroom that is proliferating in California following a rainy winter.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An outbreak of toxic mushroom poisonings across California has killed a Contra Costa County man in the Bay Area, health officials ...

The death cap mushroom is one of the most poisonous mushrooms, leading to diarrhea, vomiting, liver damage and even death for those who eat it. (Agorastos Papatsanis) An exceptionally wet December ...

Four people have died and three others have required liver transplants after eating the aptly named death cap mushroom that is proliferating in California following a rainy winter. The California ...

An exceptionally wet December has contributed to an abundance of death cap mushrooms, or Amanita phalloides, in Central and Northern California, causing what officials describe as an unprecedented ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The death cap mushroom is one of the most poisonous mushrooms, leading to diarrhea, vomiting, liver damage and even death for ...

This photo provided by the California Department of Public Health shows Death Cap mushrooms. (CDPH viua AP) This photo provided by the California Department of Public Health shows Death Cap mushrooms.

Four people have died and three others have required liver transplants after eating the aptly named death cap mushroom that is proliferating in California following a rainy winter. The California ...