This article is part of The State of Science, a series featuring science stories from public radio stations across the United States. This story, by Madelyn Beck, was originally published by Boise ...

After a string of poisonings from “death cap” mushrooms — one of them fatal — California health officials are urging residents not to eat any foraged mushrooms unless they are trained experts. Doctors ...

They don't call it the "death cap" mushroom without good reason. It's one of the most poisonous mushrooms in the world. Eating only half a cap can shut down your liver – and if you don't get medical ...

After the first rains of the year, two Decembers ago, Noe and his brothers went hiking in the hills of Santa Rosa and found some mushrooms. They fried them up that evening and kicked back a few beers.