Resort worker dies from toxic mushroom poisoning
A groundsman at a New Zealand resort died after eating toxic wild mushrooms gathered from the property.
A resort groundsman died from accidental poisoning after unknowingly consuming a toxic fungal species harvested from the resort grounds. The coroner's findings in the case have prompted a warning about the dangers of eating unknown mushroom species.
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Worker died after eating toxic mushrooms gathered from resort grounds
A resort groundsman died from accidental wild mushroom poisoning after unknowingly ingesting a toxic fungal species harvested from resort grounds.
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