Story out of Victoria, BC:
A three-year-old boy who had been picking wild mushrooms with his family in Victoria has died after eating a poisonous mushroom, the local health authority said Wednesday.
Dr. Richard Stanwick, Island Health's chief medical health officer, said the boy's death would be the first recorded in the province from a B.C. death cap mushroom, if it is confirmed.
Mycological examination of the mushrooms collected at the same site suggests that the boy probably ate the Amanita phalloides, or death camp mushroom, an authority news release said.
The boy died Tuesday night, days after he was transferred to a hospital in Edmonton for treatment.
The health authority has gone public with the family's plea to improve public education about the risks and possible signage appropriate to locations where death caps are found. Cont. (Video/Autoplay)
Story from - Huffington Post
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