Wild mushrooms feared responsible for fatal poisoning in regional Victoria

A Death Cap mushroom displayed at Melbourne's Royal Botanic Gardens after a 2021 mushroom health alert (Getty) Source: AFP / WILLIAM WEST/AFP via Getty Images

Homicide detectives have searched a home in regional Victoria, after three people died following a suspected poisoning. Wild mushrooms are suspected of being the cause.

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Published 6 August 2023 7:13pm

By Tys Occhiuzzi

Presented by Angelica Waite

Source: SBS News

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Homicide detectives have searched a home in regional Victoria, after three people died following a suspected poisoning. Wild mushrooms are suspected of being the cause.

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