The article about the Earth Day educational program recently held in Nesbitt Park mentioned that one of the schoolchildren “learned … which mushrooms are safe to eat.” This could be a very dangerous ...

Medically reviewed by Simone Harounian, MS There are about 1,600 mushroom species, but only 100 are recognized as edible.

A number of Australian states, including New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia, have issued warnings in recent weeks about the risks of eating wild mushrooms. Mushrooms generally grow in ...

With all the rain this summer, an astonishing number of mushrooms have been popping up all over lawns. And ever-curious dogs are eager to check them out — and eat them. But is it OK to let your dogs ...

Eleven people were hospitalized in Pennsylvania on Friday after accidentally eating toxic wild mushrooms, authorities said. Officials responded to the scene in Peach Bottom Township, Pennsylvania, ...

Almost 40 years after the nuclear reactor accident at Chernobyl in what was then the Soviet Union, now Ukraine, wild mushrooms can now largely be consumed again in normal quantities throughout Germany ...