The trial of an Australian woman accused of poisoning her ex-husband’s relatives with death cap mushrooms has grabbed global ...

They don’t look too dissimilar to the supermarket varieties we chop and throw into stir fries, but death cap mushrooms are one of the deadliest ... even if you've consulted fungi identification guides ...

Prosecutor Nanette Rogers SC alleged that Patterson served the guests death cap mushrooms – a highly poisonous variety of wild fungus – that she had picked herself. Patterson herself had gone ...

Australian police believe Erin served her guests the dish made with wild Amanita phalloides, also called death cap mushrooms, in July 2023. Don and Gail Patterson, both 70, and Gail’s sister ...

All four guests were hospitalized the next day with poisoning from death cap mushrooms, also known as amanita phalloides, that were added to the beef and pastry dish. Ian Wilkinson survived after ...

Police say the symptoms of the four sickened family members were consistent with poisoning from wild amanita phalloides, known as death cap mushrooms. Death cap mushrooms sprout freely throughout ...

The trial is expected to last six weeks. Patterson allegedly used wild amanita phalloides, or death cap mushrooms, in her dish. The mushrooms grow freely in Australia and are known to be easily ...

Patterson has pleaded not guilty to all counts, with her defense saying the fatal beef-and-pastry meal, laced with death cap mushrooms, was the result of "a terrible accident." On the second day ...

Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — Lawyers for an Australian woman accused of fatally poisoning three family members with deadly mushrooms have told the jury their deaths were a “terrible accident.” ...