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Wild Shrooms Kill Calif. Man

82-year-old had a passion for mushroom foraging

By Nick McMaster,  Newser Staff

Posted Mar 13, 2009 12:40 PM CDT

(Newser) – A California man’s passion for collecting and eating wild mushrooms has cost him his life, the LA Times reports. The 82-year-old ate a generous portion of a deadly variety and died of poisoning a week later. His family had long warned him of the...   Read full story »

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