An elderly woman died in Melbourne's east after consuming a meal that contained poisonous mushrooms foraged from her own garden. Coronial findings into her death have been released today.
The Victorian coroner has found a 98-year-old woman died in Melbourne's east in May after consuming poisonous mushrooms she found in her garden.State Coroner John Cain has recommended the Department of Health run an advertising campaign around the dangers of eating wild mushrooms.The Victorian coroner has issued a warning over the dangers of consuming wild mushrooms following the death of an elderly woman in Melbourne's east earlier this year.
The coroner found the Bayswater woman died from multi-organ failure due to poisoning from amatoxins, which are found in death cap and yellow-staining mushrooms.Mrs Del Rossi lived with her adult son and grew her own vegetables and also regularly collected wild edible grasses such as dandelion and milk thistle.
However, she and her son fell ill after consuming the mushrooms. She died in hospital a week later while her son survived.Judge Cain noted the Victorian Department of Health produced a variety of resources about the dangers of foraging wild mushrooms and how to identify poisonous ones, however he found more could be done to educate people.
The yellow-staining mushroom is the most commonly eaten poisonous mushroom as it resembles mushrooms that can be bought in supermarkets.
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