California urges mushroom lovers to try grocery stores instead of dying

California health officials have issued the world's least‑hipster food advisory: stop plucking mysterious forest mushrooms and just buy them at Safeway. After nearly two dozen people were hospitalized, and one died, from the deceptively cheerful 'Death Cap' mushroom, the state is begging amateur foragers to take a break from their woodland cosplay before their liver files a formal resignation letter. — Read the rest
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