Death by Mushroom

Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode, we will be discussing death by mushroom, we will cover the recent Australia Leongatha Beef Wellington deaths by Erin Patterson, but we will also deep dive into mushrooms themselves - how do they kill, how common is it and how do we make sure not to eat one?! 

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Sources:

Podcast - The trial: Australia 

Deathcap: the mushroom murders on netflix

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g93rlxwklo

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdx554n1x0wo

https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/trees-woods-and-wildlife/fungi-and-lichens/deathcap/

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/nov/03/mushroom-cook-erin-patterson-court-murder-charges-australia-suspected-poisoning-deaths-leongatha-victoria-ntwnfb

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leongatha_mushroom_murders

https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/visiting-woods/things-to-do/foraging/

https://www.nature.scot/plants-animals-and-fungi/fungi