Another Canberra resident has fallen ill from death cap mushroom poisoning.
An ACT Health spokeswoman confirmed the fourth case which is unrelated to three others reported last week.
Three members of the same household consumed the fungi last week and were recovering in hospitals in Canberra and Sydney.
ACT Health urged people not to pick and eat wild mushrooms.
Death cap mushrooms can be fatal, often causing liver failure, and can be difficult to distinguish from other edible mushrooms.
In Canberra in 2012, a man and a woman died and two others were poisoned but recovered after consuming a meal which featured the mushrooms.
The highly toxic fungus is a native to Europe but has spread around the world, with populations found in Canberra, Melbourne and Adelaide.
It resembles a common edible variety used in Chinese cooking.
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