Health authorities in New South Wales and South Australia are warning residents to avoid wild mushrooms due to a surge in ...

Death cap mushrooms have been thrust into the spotlight as an ongoing murder trial in Australia hones in on a toxic Beef Wellington created by Erin Patterson. While the prosecution claims she ...

Currently on trial, Erin Patterson, 50, is accused of killing three relatives and attempting to murder a fourth after serving them a meal in July 2023 that allegedly contained death cap mushrooms. All ...

Erin Patterson, the Australian woman accused of killing three people and attempting to kill a fourth with a meal laced with death cap mushrooms, has taken the stand in her own defense at a trial ...

Erin Patterson, the 50-year-old Australian woman accused of killing her relatives with death cap mushrooms, told the court on Thursday that she did not knowingly dehydrate deadly death cap ...

Her lawyer, Colin Mandy SC, asked if she accepted that the beef Wellington pastries she had served to her lunch guests in 2023 contained death caps. “Yes, I do,” said Patterson. The accused ...