Toxic mushroom kills Chinese woman
Last updated: Sunday, June 10, 2012 5:16 PM
SYDNEY — A woman reported to be visiting Australia from China has died after eating a toxic Death Cap mushroom — the third such fatality in the southern nation this year.
The woman, aged in her 50s, died Friday at the Austin Hospital in Melbourne, two days after being admitted with severe poisoning due to ingestion of the fungi, which resembles the Paddy Straw mushroom, a popular delicacy in Asia.
Doctors at the hospital said the woman, who was of Chinese descent, fell ill after eating a meal containing mushrooms picked in a local park.
She is the third person to die in Australia from eating the silky, white-green tipped Death Cap mushroom this year. — AFP
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