Picking mushrooms can go horribly wrong. Here's what can happen, according to a toxicologist
- Written by: Darren Roberts, Conjoint Associate Professor in clinical pharmacology and toxicology, St Vincent’s Healthcare Clinical Campus, UNSW Sydney
ShutterstockIt’s mushroom season in many parts of Australia. Between now and about June, the cooler and wetter weather are the perfect conditions for mushrooms to grow in the wild. In Tasmania and parts of Victoria, mushrooms can grow all year round.
At the New South Wales Poisons Information Centre, where I’m the medical director, we...