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 ...

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 ...

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

The following is a press release from the Humboldt County Department of Health and Human Services: A local individual is currently in an out-of-area ICU suffering from amatoxin poisoning after ...

Antidepressants and other psychoactive drugs are designed to affect the human brain. But after they enter the water system in ...

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

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

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

This year, seasonal changes have led to California coping with summer weather even though it’s still winter. One result: rattlesnakes are coming out of hibernation earlier than usual. To help you ...

The winter season comes to an end next week and spring begins, which means it’s time for morel mushroom hunting season.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention teports that more than 100,000 people in the U.S. die each year from unintentional poisonings. That’s a major reason why California Poison Control ...

Throughout history people have foraged for local foods and used them in cooking, so what’s changed in the last few decades?