This mushroom will kill you before you know what’s happening

Explore the toxicity of death cap mushrooms, and find out what makes this one species so dangerous to humans.

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Humans have known about the toxicity of death cap mushrooms for millennia. Yet they continue to pose a significant threat to unsuspecting foragers and mushroom hunters throughout the world. Today, death caps are responsible for more than 90% of all mushroom related deaths, killing upwards of 100 people each year. So, what makes this one species of mushroom so dangerous?