As temperatures climb and the opportunity to forage for food grows, so do the opportunities to accidentally ingest toxic ...

Safety comes first when hunting for edible, wild mushrooms. Knowing which mushrooms are poisonous requires knowing what to look for.

Humboldt County health officials identified the poisonous mushroom consumed by a local resident as a western destroying angel mushroom. “Local foragers are advised to be aware after state health ...

The Oklahoma Poison Center is reminding residents of National Poison Prevention Week and the importance of accidental poisoning prevention.

Fungi create soil, sequester vast amounts of carbon, and contribute $55 trillion to the global economy, but knowledge about them is scarce. Now, mycologists are pushing to get the international ...

How you cook food plays a huge role in how edible it is. For vegetables, not only does it impact the nutritional value of the food, but they can also become toxic if overcooked.

The environmental activist visited Charlotte and Davidson College last weekend to lead a foraging walk and talk about ...

Others may have some of the same batch of the locally foraged mushrooms Humboldt County health officials are advising people ...

To help residents learn how to stay safe and what to do if bitten, California Poison Control System (CPCS) and the Fresno Chaffee Zoo are hosting Rattlesnake Awareness Day on Thursday, March 19, at 11 ...

It’s peak mushroom season in the Pacific Northwest. Various mushrooms grow across Washington state, and the U.S. Forest ...

The castor bean — which is technically a spurge, not a legume — grows as large shrubs and small trees. It contains ricin, a ...

Eating a lookalike of a mushroom commonly foraged in the Pacific Northwest could have dire consequences. Researchers are sounding the alarm about some so-called “false morels” that, when eaten over a ...