Poisonous mushrooms mysteriously cause murder in America

Two elderly people died in the US and four were poisoned after eating mushrooms at a nursing home on November 12.

Amanita phalloides is a fungus that makes many people
Most dead in California, USA. (Photo: ciuperci.org)

The incident happened at Gold Age Villa nursing center, city of Loomis, California, USA. A staff member of the center picked mushrooms in the center's garden and used them to cook porridge. 6 people poisoned by eating porridge. Barbara Lopes, 86, and Teresa Olesniewicz, 73, died, AP reported.

Mark Reed, the city police chief, said it was an accidental poisoning, because porridge cooks were also poisoned.

Doctor Todd Mitchell, who is responsible for counseling and treatment for 4 cases of poisoning, told NBC that he did not know the poisonous mushroom in the soup.

Many mushrooms in California state contain toxins. They can cause liver failure and death if the victim is not promptly treated. Amanita phalloides - the fungus that causes the most deaths - is shaped quite like a few fungi that humans can eat.